# Gorkha Village, Pehowa, Kurukshetra (Haryana) – PIN Code

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Village · Pehowa, Kurukshetra 

# Gorkha

Gorkha is a village in Pehowa sub-district of Kurukshetra district, Haryana, PIN code **136136**. The 2011 Census counted **1,129 people in 200 households**, the 65th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.5%.

- 1,129people (2011)
- 200households
- 75.0%literacy
- 136136PIN code

## Gorkha PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gorkha is 136136.** Gorkha falls in Pehowa sub-district, Kurukshetra district, Haryana.

- PIN code136136
- Gram panchayatGorkha
- Community development blockShahbad
- Census village code058363

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Gorkha from nearby towns?

- Pehowa (sub-district HQ)29 km by road
- Kurukshetra (district HQ)29 km by road
- Pehowa (nearest town)29 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Gorkha?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Gorkha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Dhol
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kurukshtera
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Ismailabad
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)13 h summer · 14 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Gorkha known for?

The main crops are **wheat, sugarcane and paddy**. About 92% of the 227 hectares of village land is sown, and 209 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Gorkha

Of every 100 households in Gorkha in 2011, 97 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 90 had a mobile phone, 39 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Gorkha · ■ Pehowa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**69%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**28%

Tap water ****98%**

**69%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**34%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**64%

Use banking services ****75%**

**65%

Television ****75%**

**74%

Mobile phone ****90%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****39%**

**36%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**9%

None of these assets ****4%**

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Gorkha?

■ Gorkha · ■ Pehowa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.0%**

**69.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****860**

**905

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****969**

**821

Working population ****55.1%**

**33.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.4% for men and 67.4% for women. 63% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 103 (17%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 298 (48%) · **■** Marginal 135 (22%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Pehowa

- Jorasi Khurd1,166 people
- Sansa1,159 people
- Morthali1,141 people
- Gledwa1,140 people
- Surmi1,114 people
- Chhawlan1,073 people
- Bodha1,046 people
- Chhajupur1,037 people

[All 110 villages in Pehowa](https://wherepedia.org/india/haryana/kurukshetra/pehowa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gorkha?136136
- How far is Gorkha from Kurukshetra?29 km by road
- What is the population of Gorkha?1,129 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gorkha in?Kurukshetra district (Pehowa sub-district), Haryana
- What is the literacy rate of Gorkha?75.0% (Census 2011)