Dawar, Jammu and Kashmir
Dawar | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Dawar Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India  Dawar Dawar (India) | |
| Coordinates: 34°38′N 74°49′E / 34.63°N 74.82°E | |
| Country | India |
| Union Territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Bandipora |
| Tehsil | Gurez |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 4,253[1] |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English[2][3] |
| • Spoken | Kashmiri |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 193503[4] |
Dawar is a village in Gurez Tehsil in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census of India, Dawar has 506 households.[5] The literacy rate of Dawar village was 86.80% compared to 67.16% of Jammu and Kashmir. In Dawar, Male literacy stands at 92.63% while the female literacy rate was 71.18%.
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 4253 | 3038 | 1215 |
| Children aged below 6 years | 306 | 163 | 143 |
| Scheduled caste | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Scheduled tribe | 2432 | 1284 | 1148 |
| Literacy | 86.80% | 92.63% | 71.15% |
| Workers (all) | 2471 | 2226 | 245 |
| Main workers (total) | 1854 | – | – |
| Marginal workers (total) | 617 | 467 | 150 |
Transport
Road
Dawar is connected by road with other places in Jammu and Kashmir and India by the Kanzalawn-Dawar Road and Bandipora-Gurez Road.
Rail
The nearest railway stations to Dawar are Sopore railway station and Baramulla railway station located at a distance of 114 and 124 kilometres respectively.
Air
The nearest helipad is at Markoot Village at a distance of 2 km (1.2 mi), and the nearest international airport is Srinagar International Airport located at a distance of 145 km (90 mi) and is a 5-hour drive.
See also
References
- ^ "Dawar Population". Our Hero. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020". Rising Kashmir. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ "Dawar (Google Maps)". Google Maps. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Dawar Population". Our Hero. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
