# Forest Block Village, Karnah, Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Karnah, Kupwara 

# Forest Block

Forest Block is a village in Karnah sub-district of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **3,076 people in 883 households**, the 4th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 33.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 3,076people (2011)
- 883households
- 33.2%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Forest Block PIN code and other codes

Forest Block falls in Karnah sub-district, Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Community development blockTeetwal
- Census village code000368

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?

- Karnah (sub-district HQ)36 km by road
- Kupwara (district HQ)110 km by road
- Kupwara (nearest town)110 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?

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

### In the village

- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○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; 2 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Forest Block · ■ Karnah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**65%

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

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**63%

Tap water ****0%**

**71%

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

**17%

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

**18%

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

**76%

Use banking services ****0%**

**43%

Television ****0%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**3%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**0%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**29%

Own their home ****0%**

**88%

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 · ■ Karnah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****33.2%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**807

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****982**

**901

Working population ****43.0%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 46.6% for men and 18.2% for women. 63% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 549 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 92 (7%) · **■** Household industry 100 (8%) · **■** Other work 180 (14%) · **■** Marginal 403 (30%)

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 Karnah

- Dildar3,832 people
- Kandi3,713 people
- Khawarpara3,124 people
- Nichian3,050 people
- Baghbala2,232 people
- Hajitrah1,864 people
- Gundi Gojran1,363 people

[All 41 villages in Karnah](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kupwara/karnah/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Forest Block from Kupwara?110 km by road
- What is the population of Forest Block?3,076 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Forest Block in?Kupwara district (Karnah sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Forest Block?33.2% (Census 2011)