# Sarota Village, Pathankot, Gurdaspur (Punjab) – PIN Code

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Village · Pathankot, Gurdaspur 

# Sarota

Sarota is a village in Pathankot sub-district of Gurdaspur district, Punjab, PIN code **405026**. The 2011 Census counted **264 people in 45 households**, the 283rd largest of 336 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.7%.

- 264people (2011)
- 45households
- 86.8%literacy
- 405026PIN code

## Sarota PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Sarota is 405026.** Sarota falls in Pathankot sub-district, Gurdaspur district, Punjab.

- PIN code405026
- Gram panchayatSarota
- Community development blockBamial
- Census village code027686

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

## How far is Sarota from nearby towns?

- Pathankot (sub-district HQ)29 km by road
- Gurdaspur (district HQ)45 km by road
- Pathankot (nearest town)28 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 Sarota?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Sarota; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Fatehpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pathankot
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Bamyal
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 12 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 Sarota known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. About 84% of the 156 hectares of village land is sown, and 131 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 Sarota

Of every 100 households in Sarota in 2011, 98 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 36 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Sarota · ■ Pathankot rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**68%

Tap water ****13%**

**36%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**81%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**53%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**44%

Use banking services ****96%**

**67%

Television ****82%**

**80%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****36%**

**37%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**4%

None of these assets ****4%**

**6%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Sarota?

■ Sarota · ■ Pathankot rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.8%**

**81.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****846**

**913

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**828

Working population ****21.6%**

**29.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.7% for men and 77.5% for women. 36% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 28 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (26%) · **■** Household industry 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 6 (11%) · **■** Marginal 7 (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 Pathankot

- Lahri281 people
- Sharaf Chak278 people
- Napwal273 people
- Chak Paswala267 people
- Balotar262 people
- Haibo256 people
- Nagrota255 people
- Gohla251 people

[All 370 villages in Pathankot](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/gurdaspur/pathankot/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Sarota?405026
- How far is Sarota from Gurdaspur?45 km by road
- What is the population of Sarota?264 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sarota in?Gurdaspur district (Pathankot sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Sarota?86.8% (Census 2011)