# Forest Block Village, Gool-Gulabgarh – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Gool-Gulabgarh, Reasi 

# Forest Block

Forest Block is a village in Gool-Gulabgarh sub-district of Reasi district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **197 people in 45 households**, the 61st largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 38.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 48.4%.

- 197people (2011)
- 45households
- 38.0%literacy
- 841females per 1,000 males

## Forest Block PIN code and other codes

Forest Block falls in Gool-Gulabgarh sub-district, Reasi district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatKanikot
- Community development blockArnas
- Census village code005220

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?

- Gool-Gulabgarh (sub-district HQ)21 km by road
- Reasi (district HQ)30 km by road
- Reasi (nearest town)30 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

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km

### Water and power

- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 10 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.

## Homes and amenities in Forest Block

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

■ Forest Block · ■ Gool-Gulabgarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**58%

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

**10%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****0%**

**72%

Television ****0%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****0%**

**43%

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 Forest Block?

■ Forest Block · ■ Gool-Gulabgarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****38.0%**

**48.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****841**

**891

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**952

Working population ****55.3%**

**38.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 43.8% for men and 31.1% for women. 59% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 45 (41%) · **■** Other work 51 (47%) · **■** Marginal 13 (12%)

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 Gool-Gulabgarh

- Sangli Kot536 people
- Sarthala447 people
- Dharot282 people
- Hamusan260 people

[All 61 villages in Gool-Gulabgarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/reasi/gool-gulabgarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Forest Block from Reasi?30 km by road
- What is the population of Forest Block?197 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Forest Block in?Reasi district (Gool-Gulabgarh sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Forest Block?38.0% (Census 2011)