# Surankot Village, Surankote, Punch (Jammu and Kashmir) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/punch/surankote/surankot/ Village · Surankote, Punch # Surankot Surankot is a village in Surankote sub-district of Punch district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **185121**. The 2011 Census counted **4,284 people in 839 households**, the 9th largest of 33 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.1%. - 4,284people (2011) - 839households - 72.5%literacy - 185121PIN code ## Surankot PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Surankot is 185121.** Surankot falls in Surankote sub-district, Punch district, Jammu and Kashmir. - PIN code185121 - Gram panchayatSurankote - Community development blockSurankot - Census village code001252 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Surankot from nearby towns? - Punch (district HQ)29 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 Surankot? 23 services counted by the Census are inside Surankot; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 6 govt - ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private - ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private - ●Community health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors - ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Allopathic hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn 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 schoolunder 5 km · Samote - ○Degree college10+ km · Punch - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Rajouri - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river - Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 14 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 Surankot known for? The main crops are **maize, wheat and paddy**. Products made here include nil, nil, nil and nil. About 42% of the 576 hectares of village land is sown, and 63 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 Surankot Of every 100 households in Surankot in 2011, 95 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 38 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car. ■ Surankot · ■ Surankote rural average Electricity for lighting ****95%** **66% Toilet within the home ****15%** **11% No toilet (open defecation) ****85%** **86% Tap water ****69%** **43% Drinking water within premises ****12%** **12% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****38%** **10% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****60%** **89% Use banking services ****68%** **61% Television ****29%** **12% Mobile phone ****55%** **42% Computer with internet ****0%** **0% Two-wheeler ****1%** **1% Car / jeep / van ****2%** **1% None of these assets ****22%** **36% Own their home ****100%** **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 Surankot? ■ Surankot · ■ Surankote rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%** **60.1% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932** **899 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****802** **892 Working population ****38.4%** **32.2% ### Women and men Literacy is 83.9% for men and 60.6% for women. 43% of men and 34% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 178 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (0%) · **■** Household industry 47 (3%) · **■** Other work 289 (18%) · **■** Marginal 1,126 (69%) 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 Surankote - Sanei5,821 people - Daraba5,426 people - Sangla5,159 people - Mohra Bachhai4,606 people - Lassana4,250 people - Poshiana4,130 people - Gaunthal4,091 people - Potha3,988 people [All 34 villages in Surankote](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/punch/surankote/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Surankot?185121 - How far is Surankot from Punch?29 km by road - What is the population of Surankot?4,284 (Census 2011) - Which district is Surankot in?Punch district (Surankote sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir - What is the literacy rate of Surankot?72.5% (Census 2011)