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- LGD code
- 1253
- Pincode
- 185121
- Post office
- Samote
- Population
- 5,426
- Households
- 855
- Literacy rate
- 62.5%
- Sex ratio
- 709 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,151
Census 2011 · in context
How Draba compares
By population, Draba ranks #6 of 33 villages in Surankote mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.5%
+13.6% vs mandal average
- Draba
- 62.5%
- Surankote mandal
- 48.9%
- Poonch district
- 54.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
709
−190 vs mandal average
- Draba
- 709
- Surankote mandal
- 899
Household size
people per home
6.3
+0.9 vs mandal average
- Draba
- 6.3
- Surankote mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Draba at a glance
Draba is a village of 5,426 people in 855 households (Census 2011) in Surankote tehsil, Poonch district, Jammu And Kashmir, the 6th-largest of 33 villages in Surankote tehsil. Literacy is 63%, 14 points above the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 709 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 185121, served by Samote post office; the LGD village code is 1253. The village votes in Chhamb assembly constituency, represented by MLA Satish Sharma. The population is estimated at 6,397 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Draba
- LGD code
- 1253
- Pincode
- 185121
- Post office
- Samote
- Population (Census 2011)
- 5,426
- Population (projected 2026)
- 6,397
- Households
- 855
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 709
- Literacy rate
- 62.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jammu
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chhamb
- Member of Parliament
- Jugal Kishore Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Satish Sharma
- Block / Mandal
- Surankote
Same pincode
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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