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About Sunar Gund Village

Sunar Gund is a small village in Budgam tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 380, made up of 206 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 23.1 hectares hectares.

Sunar Gund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sunar Gund village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Budgam
Area (hectares) 23.1 hectares
Population 380
Male Population 206
Female Population 174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 845
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sunar Gund compares

By the 2011 count Sunar Gund is the 74th 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 23.1 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Sunar Gund

Sunar Gund is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sunar Gund as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Sunar Gund from other places

Sunar Gund lies about 6.5 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 1.6 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 Sunar Gund
Nearest railway station Naid Gaam Railway Station 1.6 km
Nearest town Soyībug 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Budgam 6.5 km
District headquarters Badgam 6.5 km

Villages closest to Sunar Gund

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 Sunar Gund

As per the Census of India 2011, Sunar Gund village had a population of 380. That makes it the 74th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,169 residents.

Sunar Gund village has 206 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sunar Gund has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Sunar Gund covers 23.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Sunar Gund falls under Budgam tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Sunar Gund is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 1.6 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sunar Gund.

Sunar Gund is about 6.5 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sunar Gund is in Budgam tehsil of Badgam district. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about 1.6 km away. Soyībug is about 3.7 km away. Budgam is about 6.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gund Hanjik (under 2 km), Guzer Gund (under 2 km) and Harji Gund (under 2 km).

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

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