Dawar, Jammu and Kashmir

Dawar
Dawar
Village
	Dawar Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India Dawar Dawar (India)
	Coordinates: 34°38′N 74°49′E / 34.63°N 74.82°ECoordinates: 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
Languages
• Official	Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English
• Spoken	Shina
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	193503

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Dawar is a village in Gurez Tehsil in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Demographics[edit]

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%.

Demographics (2011 Census)
	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[edit]

Road[edit]

Dawar is connected by road with other places in Jammu and Kashmir and India by the Kanzalawn-Dawar Road and Bandipora-Gurez Road.

Rail[edit]

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[edit]

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.

References[edit]

↑ "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. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
↑ "Dawar (Google Maps)". Google Maps. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
↑ "Dawar Population". Our Hero. Retrieved 19 March 2020.

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[1] "Dawar Population". Our Hero. Retrieved 19 March 2020.

[OfficialLang-2] "The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

[3] "Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020". Rising Kashmir. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

[4] "Dawar (Google Maps)". Google Maps. Retrieved 19 March 2020.

[5] "Dawar Population". Our Hero. Retrieved 19 March 2020.

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