# Yeerdu Village, Marwah, Kishtwar (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Marwah, Kishtwar 

# Yeerdu

Yeerdu is a village in Marwah sub-district of Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **182205**. The 2011 Census counted **1,705 people in 344 households**, the 7th largest of 27 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.1%.

- 1,705people (2011)
- 344households
- 65.2%literacy
- 182205PIN code

## Yeerdu PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Yeerdu is 182205.** Yeerdu falls in Marwah sub-district, Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code182205
- Gram panchayatYeerdu
- Community development blockMarwah
- Census village code004743

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

## How far is Yeerdu from nearby towns?

- Marwah (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Kishtwar (district HQ)73 km by road
- Kishtwar (nearest town)73 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 Yeerdu?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Yeerdu; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Community health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Yeerdu
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kishtwar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kishtwar
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 9 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 Yeerdu known for?

The main crops are **wheat, maize and paddy**. Products made here include nil, nil, nil, nil, nil and nil. About 33% of the 656 hectares of village land is sown, and 134 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 Yeerdu

Of every 100 households in Yeerdu in 2011, 1 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 1 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Yeerdu · ■ Marwah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**69%

Tap water ****41%**

**68%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**18%

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

**0%

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

**100%

Use banking services ****54%**

**42%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****1%**

**4%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**0%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****48%**

**48%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Yeerdu?

■ Yeerdu · ■ Marwah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.2%**

**54.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****942**

**904

Working population ****49.6%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.9% for men and 53.1% for women. 48% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 83 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 181 (21%) · **■** Marginal 564 (67%)

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 Marwah

- Lohrna2,994 people
- Chanjer2,174 people
- Nopachi2,102 people
- Qaderna1,961 people
- Rinaie1,650 people
- Janak Pur1,578 people
- Deharna1,424 people
- Chicha Dachhan1,389 people

[All 27 villages in Marwah](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kishtwar/marwah/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Yeerdu?182205
- How far is Yeerdu from Kishtwar?73 km by road
- What is the population of Yeerdu?1,705 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Yeerdu in?Kishtwar district (Marwah sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Yeerdu?65.2% (Census 2011)
