# Guri Aker Village, Handwara, Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Handwara, Kupwara 

# Guri Aker

Guri Aker is a village in Handwara sub-district of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **976 people in 167 households**, the 108th largest of 196 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%.

- 976people (2011)
- 167households
- 64.4%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Guri Aker PIN code and other codes

Guri Aker falls in Handwara sub-district, Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatWadipora
- Community development blockRajwar
- Census village code000220

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

## How far is Guri Aker from nearby towns?

- Handwara (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Kupwara (district HQ)24 km by road
- Handwara (nearest town)4 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 Guri Aker?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Guri Aker; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Handwara
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Handwara
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Handwara
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)7 h summer · 4 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 Guri Aker known for?

The main crops are **maiza**. Products made here include carpet. About 79% of the 112 hectares of village land is sown, and 22 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 Guri Aker

Of every 100 households in Guri Aker in 2011, 96 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Guri Aker · ■ Handwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**36%

Tap water ****61%**

**50%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**24%

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

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****37%**

**59%

Television ****7%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****20%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Guri Aker?

■ Guri Aker · ■ Handwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.4%**

**63.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**901

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****859**

**899

Working population ****20.7%**

**26.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.7% for men and 54.2% for women. 37% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 69 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (3%) · **■** Household industry 6 (3%) · **■** Other work 65 (32%) · **■** Marginal 56 (28%)

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 Handwara

- Krala Pora1,066 people
- Yamler1,031 people
- Lilam1,024 people
- Pala Pora979 people
- Terina Tantri Gund959 people
- Bandi956 people
- Shati Gam944 people
- Yaru935 people

[All 199 villages in Handwara](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kupwara/handwara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Guri Aker from Kupwara?24 km by road
- What is the population of Guri Aker?976 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Guri Aker in?Kupwara district (Handwara sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Guri Aker?64.4% (Census 2011)