# Gari Seer Village, Bijbehara, Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/anantnag/bijbehara/gari-seer/ Village · Bijbehara, Anantnag # Gari Seer Gari Seer is a village in Bijbehara sub-district of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **1,700 people in 210 households**, the 23rd largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.9%. - 1,700people (2011) - 210households - 68.2%literacy - 923females per 1,000 males ## Gari Seer PIN code and other codes Gari Seer falls in Bijbehara sub-district, Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir. - Gram panchayatVeeri - Community development blockDachanipora - Census village code003614 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Gari Seer from nearby towns? - Bijbehara (sub-district HQ)4 km by road - Anantnag (district HQ)12 km by road - Beijbehara (nearest town)2 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 Gari Seer? 8 services counted by the Census are inside Gari Seer; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●State highwayIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Khashteng - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bijbehara - ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Bijbehara - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km - ○Primary health centre10+ km - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Dispensary10+ km - ○Post office5–10 km - ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km - ○Railway station5–10 km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km - ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds - Electricity (2011)13 h summer · 7 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 Gari Seer known for? Products made here include cricket bat. About 72% of the 140 hectares of village land is sown, and 58 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 Gari Seer Of every 100 households in Gari Seer in 2011, 99 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 15 a car. ■ Gari Seer · ■ Bijbehara rural average Electricity for lighting ****99%** **93% Toilet within the home ****65%** **55% No toilet (open defecation) ****21%** **38% Tap water ****99%** **76% Drinking water within premises ****74%** **67% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%** **5% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%** **93% Use banking services ****94%** **71% Television ****61%** **52% Mobile phone ****84%** **79% Computer with internet ****2%** **2% Two-wheeler ****6%** **6% Car / jeep / van ****15%** **6% None of these assets ****4%** **8% Own their home ****100%** **99% 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 Gari Seer? ■ Gari Seer · ■ Bijbehara rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****68.2%** **59.9% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923** **994 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****839** **870 Working population ****34.7%** **39.9% ### Women and men Literacy is 78.1% for men and 57.6% for women. 36% of men and 33% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 61 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 203 (34%) · **■** Marginal 323 (55%) 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 Bijbehara - Now Shehra1,788 people - Niyana Gund Baba Khalil1,759 people - Sither Satghar1,736 people - Chunda Pora1,735 people - Dupt Yar1,612 people - Bander Pora1,562 people - Sotki Pora1,465 people - Katu1,372 people [All 52 villages in Bijbehara](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/anantnag/bijbehara/villages/) ## Quick answers - How far is Gari Seer from Anantnag?12 km by road - What is the population of Gari Seer?1,700 (Census 2011) - Which district is Gari Seer in?Anantnag district (Bijbehara sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir - What is the literacy rate of Gari Seer?68.2% (Census 2011)