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About Banday Bagh Village

Banday Bagh is a small village in Budgam tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 437, made up of 232 males and 205 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.2 hectares hectares.

Banday Bagh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banday Bagh village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Budgam
Area (hectares) 52.2 hectares
Population 437
Male Population 232
Female Population 205
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 884
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Banday Bagh compares

By the 2011 count Banday Bagh is the 70th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,169 residents. Its 52.2 hectares work out to about 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Banday Bagh

Banday Bagh is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banday Bagh 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banday Bagh from other places

Banday Bagh lies about 20 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Pampur, about 4.5 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 Banday Bagh
Nearest town Pāmpur 1.7 km
Nearest railway station Pampur 4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Budgam 20 km
District headquarters Badgam 20 km

Villages closest to Banday Bagh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Budgam 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 Banday Bagh

As per the Census of India 2011, Banday Bagh village had a population of 437. That makes it the 70th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,169 residents.

Banday Bagh village has 232 males and 205 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banday Bagh has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Banday Bagh covers 52.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Banday Bagh falls under Budgam tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Banday Bagh is Pampur, about 4.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Banday Bagh.

Banday Bagh is about 20 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banday Bagh is in Budgam tehsil of Badgam district. Pāmpur is about 1.7 km away. Pampur is about 4.5 km away. Budgam is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shopri Bagh (under 2 km), Galwan Pora (1.6 km) and Kamaho Pora (1.6 km).

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

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