# Hir Gawas Village, Dooru, Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Dooru, Anantnag 

# Hir Gawas

Hir Gawas is a village in Dooru sub-district of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **1,535 people in 187 households**, the 42nd largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 25.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,535people (2011)
- 187households
- 25.3%literacy
- 879females per 1,000 males

## Hir Gawas PIN code and other codes

Hir Gawas falls in Dooru sub-district, Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatHir Gawas
- Community development blockShahabad
- Census village code003872

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

## How far is Hir Gawas from nearby towns?

- Dooru (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Anantnag (district HQ)40 km by road
- Verinag (nearest town)20 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 Hir Gawas?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Hir Gawas; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Dooru
- ○Degree college10+ km · Srinagar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Anantnag
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 4 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 Hir Gawas known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 57% of the 119 hectares of village land is sown, and 8 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 Hir Gawas

Of every 100 households in Hir Gawas in 2011, 1 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hir Gawas · ■ Dooru rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**55%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**35%

Tap water ****47%**

**72%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****3%**

**44%

Television ****0%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

None of these assets ****38%**

**20%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Hir Gawas?

■ Hir Gawas · ■ Dooru rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****25.3%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****879**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****796**

**825

Working population ****37.7%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 30.1% for men and 20.2% for women. 39% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 99 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 98 (17%) · **■** Marginal 380 (66%)

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 Dooru

- Shangrin1,751 people
- Zal Dora1,743 people
- Omoh1,718 people
- Bona Gund1,609 people
- Chak Path1,497 people
- Mant Pora1,483 people
- Wan Pora Choimulla1,414 people
- Prani Gam1,263 people

[All 62 villages in Dooru](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/anantnag/dooru/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Hir Gawas from Anantnag?40 km by road
- What is the population of Hir Gawas?1,535 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hir Gawas in?Anantnag district (Dooru sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Hir Gawas?25.3% (Census 2011)