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About Gund Chel Village

Gund Chel is a mid sized village in Bijbehara tehsil, in the district of Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,098, made up of 541 males and 557 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69.2 hectares hectares.

Gund Chel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gund Chel village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Anantnag
Tehsil Bijbehara
Area (hectares) 69.2 hectares
Population 1,098
Male Population 541
Female Population 557
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,030
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gund Chel compares

By the 2011 count Gund Chel is the 33rd largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,200 residents. Its 69.2 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Gund Chel

Gund Chel is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Gund Chel as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gund Chel from other places

Gund Chel lies about 18 km from Anantnag, and the nearest railway station is Panzgom, about 8.2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Gund Chel
Nearest railway station Panzgom 8.2 km
Nearest town Pulwama 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Bijbehara 12 km
District headquarters Anantnag 18 km

Villages closest to Gund Chel

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bijbehara tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Gund Chel

As per the Census of India 2011, Gund Chel village had a population of 1,098. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,200 residents.

Gund Chel village has 541 males and 557 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gund Chel has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

Gund Chel covers 69.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gund Chel falls under Bijbehara tehsil of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Gund Chel is Panzgom, about 8.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gund Chel.

Gund Chel is about 18 km from Anantnag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gund Chel is in Bijbehara tehsil of Anantnag district. Panzgom is about 8.2 km away. Pulwama is about 11 km away. Bijbehara is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rakh Moman Dangit Pora (2.5 km), Shiti Pora (4.4 km) and Haussan Pora Bagh (6.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gund Chel today is likely to be higher.

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