# Gundi Gojran Village, Karnah, Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Karnah, Kupwara 

# Gundi Gojran

Gundi Gojran is a village in Karnah sub-district of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **1,363 people in 263 households**, the 8th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 1,363people (2011)
- 263households
- 56.5%literacy
- 865females per 1,000 males

## Gundi Gojran PIN code and other codes

Gundi Gojran falls in Karnah sub-district, Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatTeetwal
- Community development blockTeetwal
- Census village code000332

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

## How far is Gundi Gojran from nearby towns?

- Karnah (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Kupwara (district HQ)78 km by road
- Kupwara (nearest town)96 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 Gundi Gojran?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Gundi Gojran; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 6 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Srinagar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kupwara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kupwara
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 6 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 Gundi Gojran known for?

The main crops are **maiza**. About 22% of the 339 hectares of village land is sown, and 13 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 Gundi Gojran

Of every 100 households in Gundi Gojran in 2011, 58 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gundi Gojran · ■ Karnah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**63%

Tap water ****93%**

**71%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**76%

Use banking services ****100%**

**43%

Television ****36%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**3%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**0%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gundi Gojran?

■ Gundi Gojran · ■ Karnah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.5%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****865**

**807

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880**

**901

Working population ****25.0%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.2% for men and 39.5% for women. 42% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Farm labourers 21 (6%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 268 (79%) · **■** Marginal 51 (15%)

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

- Forest Block3,076 people
- Nichian3,050 people
- Baghbala2,232 people
- Hajitrah1,864 people
- Bahardas Koot1,338 people
- Ibkoote1,320 people
- Cham Koote1,318 people
- Pararah1,244 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Gundi Gojran from Kupwara?78 km by road
- What is the population of Gundi Gojran?1,363 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gundi Gojran in?Kupwara district (Karnah sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Gundi Gojran?56.5% (Census 2011)
