# Now Gam Shah Abad Village, Dooru, Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/anantnag/dooru/now-gam-shah-abad/ Village · Dooru, Anantnag # Now Gam Shah Abad Now Gam Shah Abad is a village in Dooru sub-district of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **192212**. The 2011 Census counted **5,751 people in 734 households**, the 3rd largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%. - 5,751people (2011) - 734households - 68.0%literacy - 192212PIN code ## Now Gam Shah Abad PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Now Gam Shah Abad is 192212.** Now Gam Shah Abad falls in Dooru sub-district, Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir. - PIN code192212 - Gram panchayatNow Gam Shah Abad A B - Community development blockShahabad - Census village code003866 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Now Gam Shah Abad from nearby towns? - Duroo (sub-district HQ)3 km by road - Anantnag (district HQ)28 km by road - Verinag (nearest town)3 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 Now Gam Shah Abad? 11 services counted by the Census are inside Now Gam Shah Abad; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt · 2 private - ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Post officeIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Verinag - ○Degree college5–10 km · Dooru - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Anantnag - ○Primary health centre5–10 km - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Dispensary5–10 km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bank5–10 km - ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water and canal / river - Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 3 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 Now Gam Shah Abad known for? The main crops are **paddy**. Products made here include carpet. About 73% of the 397 hectares of village land is sown, and 116 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 Now Gam Shah Abad Of every 100 households in Now Gam Shah Abad in 2011, 99 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 3 a car. ■ Now Gam Shah Abad · ■ Dooru rural average Electricity for lighting ****99%** **72% Toilet within the home ****95%** **55% No toilet (open defecation) ****3%** **35% Tap water ****99%** **72% Drinking water within premises ****51%** **35% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%** **9% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%** **90% Use banking services ****42%** **44% Television ****20%** **35% Mobile phone ****50%** **64% Computer with internet ****1%** **1% Two-wheeler ****0%** **2% Car / jeep / van ****3%** **3% None of these assets ****17%** **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 Now Gam Shah Abad? ■ Now Gam Shah Abad · ■ Dooru rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****68.0%** **63.5% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928** **907 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****847** **825 Working population ****31.1%** **31.0% ### Women and men Literacy is 76.0% for men and 59.7% for women. 33% of men and 29% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 112 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 340 (19%) · **■** Household industry 20 (1%) · **■** Other work 368 (21%) · **■** Marginal 946 (53%) 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 - Hakura Badas Gam9,088 people - Bata Gund8,400 people - Panzat Wan Pora5,687 people - Lok Bawan Larki Pora5,499 people - Sodora5,482 people - Forest Block5,102 people [All 62 villages in Dooru](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/anantnag/dooru/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Now Gam Shah Abad?192212 - How far is Now Gam Shah Abad from Anantnag?28 km by road - What is the population of Now Gam Shah Abad?5,751 (Census 2011) - Which district is Now Gam Shah Abad in?Anantnag district (Dooru sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir - What is the literacy rate of Now Gam Shah Abad?68.0% (Census 2011)