# Irote Damjan Village, Dooru, Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Dooru, Anantnag 

# Irote Damjan

Irote Damjan is a village in Dooru sub-district of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **2,674 people in 271 households**, the 25th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 2,674people (2011)
- 271households
- 74.6%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Irote Damjan PIN code and other codes

Irote Damjan falls in Dooru sub-district, Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatIrote Damjan
- Community development blockQazigund
- Census village code003818

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

## How far is Irote Damjan from nearby towns?

- Dooru (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Anantnag (district HQ)16 km by road
- Anantnag (nearest town)16 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 Irote Damjan?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Irote Damjan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Vessu
- ○Degree college10+ km · Anantnag
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Anantnag
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 9 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 Irote Damjan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. Products made here include carpet. About 79% of the 202 hectares of village land is sown, and 138 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 Irote Damjan

Of every 100 households in Irote Damjan in 2011, 75 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 89 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Irote Damjan · ■ Dooru rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**55%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**35%

Tap water ****65%**

**72%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**90%

Use banking services ****79%**

**44%

Television ****62%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****89%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****1%**

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Irote Damjan?

■ Irote Damjan · ■ Dooru rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.6%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****997**

**825

Working population ****19.6%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 63.1% for women. 29% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 43 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (5%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 199 (38%) · **■** Marginal 249 (47%)

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

- Now Pora Shah Abad3,026 people
- Tunjlu2,705 people
- Kriri Shah Abad2,704 people
- Hillar Shah Abad2,702 people
- Bragam2,629 people
- Gawas2,613 people
- Kewah2,586 people
- Thaman Kote2,561 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Irote Damjan from Anantnag?16 km by road
- What is the population of Irote Damjan?2,674 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Irote Damjan in?Anantnag district (Dooru sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Irote Damjan?74.6% (Census 2011)
