Dawar is a village in Gurez Tehsil in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Coordinates: 34.63°N 74.82°E / 34.63; 74.82 | |
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 | Shina |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 193503[4] |
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 | |
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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 |
Dawar is connected by road with other places in Jammu and Kashmir and India by the Kanzalawn-Dawar Road and Bandipora-Gurez Road.
The nearest railway stations to Dawar are Sopore railway station and Baramulla railway station located at a distance of 114 and 124 kilometres respectively.
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.
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