# Dab Village, Lar, Ganderbal (Jammu and Kashmir) – PIN Code

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Village · Lar, Ganderbal 

# Dab

Dab is a village in Lar sub-district of Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **3,609 people in 616 households**, the 7th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.1%.

- 3,609people (2011)
- 616households
- 58.4%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Dab PIN code and other codes

Dab falls in Lar sub-district, Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatDab
- Community development blockWakura
- Census village code002879

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

## How far is Dab from nearby towns?

- Lar (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Gaderba (district HQ)10 km by road
- Ganderbal (nearest town)11 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 Dab?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Dab; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · ]Gaderbal
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Gaderbal
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Gaderbal
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 8 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 Dab known for?

About 62% of the 254 hectares of village land is sown, and 144 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 Dab

Of every 100 households in Dab in 2011, 93 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 41 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Dab · ■ Lar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**13%

Tap water ****76%**

**80%

Drinking water within premises ****83%**

**71%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****41%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****54%**

**66%

Use banking services ****62%**

**69%

Television ****45%**

**58%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**9%

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

**6%

None of these assets ****16%**

**9%

Own their home ****96%**

**97%

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 Dab?

■ Dab · ■ Lar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.4%**

**61.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**854

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****723**

**879

Working population ****33.0%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.9% for men and 45.0% for women. 42% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 189 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 156 (13%) · **■** Household industry 111 (9%) · **■** Other work 344 (29%) · **■** Marginal 391 (33%)

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 Lar

- Chunt Valiwar5,950 people
- Wakura4,463 people
- Batvena3,711 people
- Qasba Lar3,672 people
- Wata Lar3,476 people
- Pahli Pora3,010 people
- Kur Hama2,879 people
- Rapore2,822 people

[All 42 villages in Lar](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/ganderbal/lar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dab from Gaderba?10 km by road
- What is the population of Dab?3,609 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dab in?Ganderbal district (Lar sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Dab?58.4% (Census 2011)