Garkote, Uri

Garkote is a village located in the Uri Tehsil of Baramulla district of Jammu & Kashmir. The village falls in Uri block and comes under Garkote-A Halqa Panchayat.

As on January 2025, the current population of Garkote is 5.6 thousands out of which 2.9 thousands are males and rest 2.7 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 919 females per 1000 males. There are around 978 teenagers in Garkote. It has literacy rate of 44% which means around 2.4 thousands persons can read and write. Total 0 people belonging to scheduled caste and 2.3 thousands scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 985 households in Garkote, which means every family has 6 members on average. The village has working population of 1.8 thousands. The pincode of Garkote is 193123 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Uri Sub Post office
• Nambla Branch Post office
• Parampilla Branch Post office
• Salamabad Branch Post office
• Garkote Branch Post office

Schools

Garkote has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• High School Kandi Kaller
• Govt. Middle School Garkote
• Bms Latayamar
• Little Heart Garkote
• Bps Chittabatta

Hospitals

Garkote has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Sub-Center Gawalta
• Primary Health Center Sultan Daki
• Sub-Center Paran Pillan
• Sub-Center Chooranda
• New type Primary Health Center Garkorte