About Shum Hall Village

Shum Hall is a mid sized village in Pahalgam tehsil, in the district of Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,051, made up of 517 males and 534 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 203.6 hectares hectares.

Shum Hall Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shum Hall village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Anantnag
Tehsil	Pahalgam
Area (hectares)	203.6 hectares
Population	1,051
Male Population	517
Female Population	534
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shum Hall compares

By the 2011 count Shum Hall is the 36th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,602 residents. Its 203.6 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Shum Hall

Shum Hall is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shum Hall 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 Shum Hall from other places

Shum Hall lies about 18 km from Anantnag. 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 Shum Hall
District headquarters	Anantnag	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pahalgam	21 km

Villages closest to Shum Hall

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

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Common questions about Shum Hall

As per the Census of India 2011, Shum Hall village had a population of 1,051. That makes it the 36th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,602 residents.

Shum Hall village has 517 males and 534 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shum Hall has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 965.

Shum Hall covers 203.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shum Hall falls under Pahalgam tehsil of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Shum Hall notes the nearest railway station 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 Shum Hall.

Shum Hall 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.

Shum Hall is in Pahalgam tehsil of Anantnag district. Anantnag is about 18 km away. Pahalgam is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.