# Saradab Village, Gurez, Bandipore (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Gurez, Bandipore 

# Saradab

Saradab is a village in Gurez sub-district of Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **1,230 people in 178 households**, the 13th largest of 28 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 1,230people (2011)
- 178households
- 62.3%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Saradab PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatBuglindar B
- Community development blockGurez
- Census village code002719

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

## How far is Saradab from nearby towns?

- Gurez (sub-district HQ)35 km by road
- Bandipora (district HQ)121 km by road
- Bandipora (nearest town)121 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 Saradab?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Gurez
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gurez
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gurez
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 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 Saradab known for?

The main crops are **potato, peas and wheat**. Products made here include blanket. About 28% of the 124 hectares of village land is sown, and 31 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 Saradab

Of every 100 households in Saradab in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 1 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saradab · ■ Gurez rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**50%

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

**60%

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

**34%

Tap water ****49%**

**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 ****3%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****1%**

**3%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****77%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Saradab?

■ Saradab · ■ Gurez rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.3%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**653

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1014**

**914

Working population ****17.2%**

**42.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.6% for men and 45.8% for women. 31% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 74 (35%) · **■** Marginal 135 (64%)

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

- Badugam1,813 people
- Baduab1,541 people
- Khandyal1,392 people
- Kilshi Pain1,377 people
- Gujran1,193 people
- Buglindar905 people
- Barnia835 people
- Jurniyal830 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Saradab from Bandipora?121 km by road
- What is the population of Saradab?1,230 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saradab in?Bandipore district (Gurez sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Saradab?62.3% (Census 2011)