# Kewah Village, Dooru, Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir) – PIN Code

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Village · Dooru, Anantnag 

# Kewah

Kewah is a village in Dooru sub-district of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **2,586 people in 337 households**, the 28th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 2,586people (2011)
- 337households
- 66.0%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Kewah PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatKewah
- Community development blockQazigund
- Census village code003848

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

## How far is Kewah from nearby towns?

- Duroo (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Anantnag (district HQ)22 km by road
- Qazigund (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 Kewah?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Qazigund
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Dooru
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Anantnag
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 12 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 Kewah known for?

The main crops are **maize and walnut**. Products made here include blanket. About 71% of the 138 hectares of village land is sown, and 53 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 Kewah

Of every 100 households in Kewah in 2011, 74 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kewah · ■ Dooru rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**55%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**35%

Tap water ****2%**

**72%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****22%**

**44%

Television ****19%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****29%**

**20%

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 Kewah?

■ Kewah · ■ Dooru rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.0%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****898**

**825

Working population ****18.3%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.8% for men and 57.8% for women. 33% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 18 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 132 (28%) · **■** Marginal 319 (68%)

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

- Hillar Shah Abad2,702 people
- Irote Damjan2,674 people
- Bragam2,629 people
- Gawas2,613 people
- Thaman Kote2,561 people
- Yar Kochi2,538 people
- Mahmoodabad2,489 people
- Shanker Pora2,486 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Kewah from Anantnag?22 km by road
- What is the population of Kewah?2,586 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kewah in?Anantnag district (Dooru sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Kewah?66.0% (Census 2011)
