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About Checki Wan Gund Village

Checki Wan Gund is a large village in Dooru tehsil, in the district of Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,555, made up of 1,855 males and 1,700 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133.6 hectares hectares.

Checki Wan Gund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Checki Wan Gund village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Anantnag
Tehsil Dooru
Area (hectares) 133.6 hectares
Population 3,555
Male Population 1,855
Female Population 1,700
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 916
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Checki Wan Gund compares

By the 2011 count Checki Wan Gund is the 17th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,731 residents. Its 133.6 hectares work out to about 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Checki Wan Gund

Checki Wan Gund is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Checki Wan Gund as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Checki Wan Gund from other places

Checki Wan Gund lies about 33 km from Anantnag, and the nearest railway station is Banihal, about 2.3 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 Checki Wan Gund
Nearest railway station Banihal 2.3 km
Nearest town Dooru Verinag 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Dooru 33 km
District headquarters Anantnag 33 km

Villages closest to Checki Wan Gund

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dooru 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 Checki Wan Gund

As per the Census of India 2011, Checki Wan Gund village had a population of 3,555. That makes it the 17th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,731 residents.

Checki Wan Gund village has 1,855 males and 1,700 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Checki Wan Gund has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Checki Wan Gund covers 133.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Checki Wan Gund falls under Dooru tehsil of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Checki Wan Gund is Banihal, about 2.3 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Checki Wan Gund.

Checki Wan Gund is about 33 km from Anantnag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Checki Wan Gund is in Dooru tehsil of Anantnag district. Banihal is about 2.3 km away. Dooru Verinag is about 14 km away. Dooru is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bona Gund (under 2 km), Dalwach Gagas Gund (under 2 km) and Gund Now Roze (under 2 km).

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

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