# Zal Dora Village, Dooru, Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Dooru, Anantnag 

# Zal Dora

Zal Dora is a village in Dooru sub-district of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **1,743 people in 196 households**, the 39th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,743people (2011)
- 196households
- 81.7%literacy
- 791females per 1,000 males

## Zal Dora PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatMant Pora
- Community development blockShahabad
- Census village code003834

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

## How far is Zal Dora from nearby towns?

- Dooru (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Anantnag (district HQ)18 km by road
- Dooru (nearest town)10 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 Zal Dora?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Zal Dora; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Dooru
- ○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
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells 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 Zal Dora known for?

The main crops are **maize, paddy and walnuts**. Products made here include blanket. About 63% of the 95 hectares of village land is sown, and 51 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 Zal Dora

Of every 100 households in Zal Dora in 2011, 97 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 20 cooked with LPG; 89 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Zal Dora · ■ Dooru rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**55%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**35%

Tap water ****80%**

**72%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****20%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**90%

Use banking services ****60%**

**44%

Television ****66%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****89%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**3%

None of these assets ****5%**

**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 Zal Dora?

■ Zal Dora · ■ Dooru rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.7%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****791**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****692**

**825

Working population ****24.3%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.4% for men and 72.4% for women. 30% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 26 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 148 (35%) · **■** Marginal 243 (57%)

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

- Changoo2,274 people
- Polia1,865 people
- Dalwach Gagas Gund1,761 people
- Shangrin1,751 people
- Omoh1,718 people
- Bona Gund1,609 people
- Hir Gawas1,535 people
- Chak Path1,497 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Zal Dora from Anantnag?18 km by road
- What is the population of Zal Dora?1,743 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Zal Dora in?Anantnag district (Dooru sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Zal Dora?81.7% (Census 2011)