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About Bonahama Village

Bonahama is a mid sized village in Beerwah tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,474, made up of 801 males and 673 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.15 hectares hectares.

Bonahama Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bonahama village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Beerwah
Area (hectares) 224.15 hectares
Population 1,474
Male Population 801
Female Population 673
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 840
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bonahama compares

By the 2011 count Bonahama is the 34th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents. Its 224.15 hectares work out to about 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 889.

Getting to Bonahama

Bonahama is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bonahama as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Bonahama from other places

Bonahama lies about 5.8 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 5.8 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 Bonahama
Tehsil headquarters Beerwah 5.8 km
District headquarters Badgam 5.8 km
Nearest railway station Naid Gaam Railway Station 5.8 km
Nearest town Soyībug 7.9 km

Villages closest to Bonahama

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bonahama village had a population of 1,474. That makes it the 34th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents.

Bonahama village has 801 males and 673 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bonahama has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 889.

Bonahama covers 224.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bonahama falls under Beerwah tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Bonahama is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 5.8 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bonahama.

Bonahama is about 5.8 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bonahama is in Beerwah tehsil of Badgam district. Beerwah is about 5.8 km away. Badgam is about 5.8 km away. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about 5.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bandagam (under 2 km), Charan Gam (1.6 km) and Sechin Banet (1.8 km).

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

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