# Gurah Sarkari Village, Hiranagar, Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Hiranagar, Kathua 

# Gurah Sarkari

Gurah Sarkari is a village in Hiranagar sub-district of Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **184148**. The 2011 Census counted **106 people in 21 households**, the 172nd largest of 197 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.1%.

- 106people (2011)
- 21households
- 70.2%literacy
- 184148PIN code

## Gurah Sarkari PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gurah Sarkari is 184148.** Gurah Sarkari falls in Hiranagar sub-district, Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code184148
- Gram panchayatDhamal
- Community development blockHiranagar
- Census village code002089

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

## How far is Gurah Sarkari from nearby towns?

- Hiranagar (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Kathua (district HQ)41 km by road
- Hiranagar (nearest town)6 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 Gurah Sarkari?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Gurah Sarkari; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Hiranagar
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Hiranagar
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Hiranagar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- 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 Gurah Sarkari known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and maize**. About 54% of the 59 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Gurah Sarkari

Of every 100 households in Gurah Sarkari in 2011, 100 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 94 cooked with LPG; 94 had a mobile phone, 53 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gurah Sarkari · ■ Hiranagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**97%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**47%

Drinking water within premises ****94%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****94%**

**35%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****6%**

**63%

Use banking services ****94%**

**87%

Television ****88%**

**70%

Mobile phone ****94%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****6%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****53%**

**27%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****0%**

**11%

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 Gurah Sarkari?

■ Gurah Sarkari · ■ Hiranagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**79.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****656**

**901

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****333**

**765

Working population ****36.8%**

**29.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 56.4% for women. 55% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 12 (31%) · **■** Household industry 5 (13%) · **■** Other work 17 (44%) · **■** Marginal 5 (13%)

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 Hiranagar

- Sande Chak125 people
- Barsoo Chak122 people
- Chak Jawahir115 people
- Dhandowal113 people
- Thakur Pur Grore104 people
- Mada102 people
- Rattan Chak100 people
- Allu Chak91 people

[All 203 villages in Hiranagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kathua/hiranagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gurah Sarkari?184148
- How far is Gurah Sarkari from Kathua?41 km by road
- What is the population of Gurah Sarkari?106 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gurah Sarkari in?Kathua district (Hiranagar sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Gurah Sarkari?70.2% (Census 2011)
