# Forest Block Village, Gurez, Bandipore (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Gurez, Bandipore 

# Forest Block

Forest Block is a village in Gurez sub-district of Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **3,422 people in 266 households**, the 2nd largest of 28 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 3,422people (2011)
- 266households
- 69.7%literacy
- 191females per 1,000 males

## Forest Block PIN code and other codes

Forest Block falls in Gurez sub-district, Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatGujran
- Community development blockGurez
- Census village code002727

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

## How far is Forest Block from nearby towns?

- Gurez (sub-district HQ)21 km by road
- Bandipora (district HQ)75 km by road
- Bandipora (nearest town)20 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 Forest Block?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Forest Block; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Public library10+ km

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.

## Homes and amenities in Forest Block

Of every 100 households in Forest Block in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Forest Block · ■ Gurez rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**34%

Tap water ****3%**

**67%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**29%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****0%**

**44%

Television ****0%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**3%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****2%**

**24%

Own their home ****1%**

**94%

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 Forest Block?

■ Forest Block · ■ Gurez rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.7%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****191**

**653

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****862**

**914

Working population ****96.1%**

**42.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.2% for men and 2.1% for women. 97% of men and 89% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 8 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 162 (5%) · **■** Other work 2,265 (69%) · **■** Marginal 855 (26%)

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 Gurez

- Dawar4,253 people
- Badwan Wanpora3,327 people
- Niru2,297 people
- Shah Pora2,212 people
- Gulshan Pora2,206 people

[All 28 villages in Gurez](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/bandipore/gurez/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Forest Block from Bandipora?75 km by road
- What is the population of Forest Block?3,422 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Forest Block in?Bandipore district (Gurez sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Forest Block?69.7% (Census 2011)