# Forest Block Village, Damhal Hanjipora – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Damhal Hanjipora, Kulgam 

# Forest Block

Forest Block is a village in Damhal Hanjipora sub-district of Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **4,424 people in 794 households**, the 7th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 10.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 48.3%.

- 4,424people (2011)
- 794households
- 10.6%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Forest Block PIN code and other codes

Forest Block falls in Damhal Hanjipora sub-district, Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Community development blockD.H Pora
- Census village code004109

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?

- Damhal Hanjipora (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Kulgam (district HQ)40 km by road
- Damhal Hanjipora (nearest town)15 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?

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school10+ km · K.B. Pora
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kulgam
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kulgam
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kulgam
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○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, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Forest Block · ■ Damhal Hanjipora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**69%

Tap water ****0%**

**61%

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

**15%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****0%**

**29%

Television ****0%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****52%**

**20%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Forest Block?

■ Forest Block · ■ Damhal Hanjipora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****10.6%**

**48.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****972**

**884

Working population ****43.3%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 13.1% for men and 7.9% for women. 53% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 25 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (2%) · **■** Household industry 82 (4%) · **■** Other work 1,001 (52%) · **■** Marginal 768 (40%)

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 Damhal Hanjipora

- Manzgam5,238 people
- Ahmad Abad5,194 people
- Nandimarg5,066 people
- Qasba Khul4,879 people
- Autoo4,371 people
- Damhal Hanji Pora4,099 people
- Tang Marg4,010 people
- Boh3,902 people

[All 52 villages in Damhal Hanjipora](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kulgam/damhal-hanjipora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Forest Block from Kulgam?40 km by road
- What is the population of Forest Block?4,424 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Forest Block in?Kulgam district (Damhal Hanjipora sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Forest Block?10.6% (Census 2011)