Haigam

{{Short description|Village in Jammu and Kashmir, India.}}

{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Haigam

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| settlement_type = Village

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| pushpin_map = India Jammu and Kashmir#India

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jammu and Kashmir

| coordinates = {{coord|34.2420|74.4988|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}

| subdivision_type1 = Union Territory

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_type3 = Tehsil

| subdivision_name1 = Jammu and Kashmir

| subdivision_name2 = Baramulla

| subdivision_name3 = Sopore

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| population_total = 6212

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| demographics_type1 = Languages

| demographics1_title1 = Official

| demographics1_info1 = Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, English{{cite news | title=Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020 | work=Rising Kashmir | date=23 September 2020 | url=http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | access-date=26 July 2022 | archive-date=24 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141909/http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | url-status=dead }}

| demographics1_title2 = Spoken

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| postal_code_type = PIN

| postal_code = 193202{{cite web |title=HAIGAM Pin Code |url=https://news.abplive.com/pincode/jammu-and-kashmir/baramulla/haigam-pincode-193202.html |website=news.abplive.com |access-date=26 July 2022}}

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| area_code_type = Telephone Code

| area_code = 01954

| registration_plate = JK-05

| blank_name_sec1 = Literacy

| blank_info_sec1 = 56.81%

| blank_name_sec2 = Village Code

| blank_info_sec2 = 002219

| timezone1 = IST

| utc_offset1 = +05:30

| website = {{URL|barammulla.nic.in}}

| area_total_ha = 560.9

| elevation_m = 1584

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Haigam is a census village in Baramulla district, Jammu & Kashmir, India.{{Cite book |last=India |title=Delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies order, 1976. |last2=Election Commission |publisher=Election Commission, India |year=1976 |location=New Delhi |pages=627 |language=English}} As per the 2011 Census of India, Haigam has a total population of 6,212 people including 3,148 males and 3,064 with a literacy rate of 60.61%.{{cite web |title=Primary census abstract data for scheduled tribes, Jammu and Kashmir - District Baramula - 2011 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/6199/download/9276/DDW_PCA0108_2011_MDDS%20with%20UI.xlsx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220723112553/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/41906/download/45537/PCA_ST0108_2011_MDDS_DDW.xlsx |archive-date=23 July 2022 |access-date=23 July 2022 |website=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India}}

A 4,800-year-old pot found in apple orchard at Haigam is named after American actress Kim Kardashian.{{cite news |last=Qamrain |first=Noor Ul |title=Kashmir names neolithic pot ‘Kim Kardashian’ |url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/10930-kashmir-names-neolithic-pot-kim-kardashian |access-date=26 July 2022 |work=The Sunday Guardian Live |publisher=The Sunday Guardian |date=17 September 2017}}

Haigam is also one of the militancy-affected areas in Jammu & Kashmir district.{{Cite journal |last=India |last2=Parliament |last3=Lok Sabha |date=2001 |title=Lok Sabha Debates |journal=Lok Sabha Debates |language=English |pages=19 |issn=0445-6769 |via=WorldCat}}{{Cite book |last=Human Rights Watch (Organization) |title=World Report 2002 : Events of 2001, November 2000-November 2001 |publisher=Human Rights Watch |year=2002 |isbn=978-1-56432-267-8 |location=New York |pages=226 |language=English}}{{Cite journal |last=Pakistan |last2=Ministry of Foreign Affairs |date=2001 |title=Foreign Affairs Pakistan |journal=Foreign Affairs Pakistan |language=English |volume=28 |issue=3 |pages=254, 257 |via=WorldCat}}{{Cite book |last=Rao |first=Aparna |title=The Practice of War : Production, Reproduction and Communication of Armed Violence |last2=Bollig |first2=Michael |last3=Böck |first3=Monika |publisher=Berghahn |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85745-141-5 |location=Oxford |pages=264 |language=English}}