Village · Dooru, Anantnag
# Kishgund

Kishgund is a village in Dooru sub-district of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted 449 people in 71 households, the 59th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.
- 449 people (2011)
- 71 households
- 64.5% literacy
- 952 females per 1,000 males

## Kishgund PIN code and other codes

Kishgund falls in Dooru sub-district, Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir.
- Gram panchayat Irote Damjan
- Community development block Qazigund
- Census village code 003820

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Kishgund from nearby towns?
- Dooru (sub-district HQ) 12 km by road
- Anantnag (district HQ) 19 km by road
- Anantnag (nearest town) 19 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Kishgund?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Kishgund; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● National highway In village
- ● State highway In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Vessu
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Anantnag
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Anantnag
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office under 5 km
- ○ Public bus service under 5 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 5–10 km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water treated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011) 8 h summer · 5 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kishgund known for?

The main crops are paddy. Products made here include carpet. About 77% of the 21 hectares of village land is sown, and 15 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Kishgund

Of every 100 households in Kishgund in 2011, 94 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kishgund · ■ Dooru rural average
- Electricity for lighting 94% 72%
- Toilet within the home 100% 55%
- No toilet (open defecation) 0% 35%
- Tap water 94% 72%
- Drinking water within premises 88% 35%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 9%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 90%
- Use banking services 49% 44%
- Television 56% 35%
- Mobile phone 72% 64%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 0% 2%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 3%
- None of these assets 13% 20%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kishgund?

■ Kishgund · ■ Dooru rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 64.5% 63.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 952 907
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1069 825
- Working population 41.4% 31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.1% for men and 56.4% for women. 43% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Household industry 1 (1%) · ■ Other work 29 (16%) · ■ Marginal 156 (84%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Dooru
- Shaster Gam 730 people
- Chhohan 655 people
- Tareh Gam 655 people
- Bronthnu 452 people
- Kuchey Pora 367 people
- Hari Gam 34 people

All 62 villages in Dooru

## Quick answers
- How far is Kishgund from Anantnag? 19 km by road
- What is the population of Kishgund? 449 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kishgund in? Anantnag district (Dooru sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Kishgund? 64.5% (Census 2011)

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