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

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Village · Karnah, Kupwara 

# Gundi Shorth

Gundi Shorth is a village in Karnah sub-district of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **210 people in 40 households**, the 36th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 210people (2011)
- 40households
- 76.3%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Gundi Shorth PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatTeetwal
- Community development blockTeetwal
- Census village code000354

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

## How far is Gundi Shorth from nearby towns?

- Karnah (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Kupwara (district HQ)95 km by road
- Kupwara (nearest town)26 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 Shorth?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Gundi Shorth; 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
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kandi
- ○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
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated 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 Shorth known for?

The main crops are **rice**. Products made here include carpet. About 21% of the 44 hectares of village land is sown, and 7 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 Shorth

Of every 100 households in Gundi Shorth in 2011, 5 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gundi Shorth · ■ Karnah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**63%

Tap water ****100%**

**71%

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

**17%

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

**18%

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

**76%

Use banking services ****100%**

**43%

Television ****0%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**3%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**0%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****49%**

**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 Shorth?

■ Gundi Shorth · ■ Karnah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.3%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**807

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1357**

**901

Working population ****25.2%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 60.5% for women. 42% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 20 (38%) · **■** Marginal 33 (62%)

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

- Tarbuni406 people
- Jabri347 people
- Karhama313 people
- Bijidarah238 people
- Chat Kari189 people
- Hindwal176 people
- Peir Panjoh89 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Gundi Shorth from Kupwara?95 km by road
- What is the population of Gundi Shorth?210 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gundi Shorth in?Kupwara district (Karnah sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Gundi Shorth?76.3% (Census 2011)