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About Malik Gund Village

Malik Gund is a mid sized village in Chadoora tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 508, made up of 287 males and 221 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 770 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27.1 hectares hectares.

Malik Gund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malik Gund village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Chadoora
Area (hectares) 27.1 hectares
Population 508
Male Population 287
Female Population 221
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 770
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Malik Gund compares

By the 2011 count Malik Gund is the 83rd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents. Its 27.1 hectares work out to about 19 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 924.

Getting to Malik Gund

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

How far is Malik Gund from other places

Malik Gund lies about 10 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Srinagar Railway Station, about 4.8 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 Malik Gund
Nearest railway station Srinagar Railway Station 4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Chadoora 5.1 km
Nearest town Pāmpur 9.1 km
District headquarters Badgam 10 km

Villages closest to Malik Gund

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chadoora 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 Malik Gund

As per the Census of India 2011, Malik Gund village had a population of 508. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents.

Malik Gund village has 287 males and 221 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malik Gund has about 770 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Malik Gund covers 27.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Malik Gund falls under Chadoora tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Malik Gund is Srinagar Railway Station, about 4.8 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Malik Gund.

Malik Gund is about 10 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malik Gund is in Chadoora tehsil of Badgam district. Srinagar Railway Station is about 4.8 km away. Chadoora is about 5.1 km away. Pāmpur is about 9.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chatar Gam (under 2 km), Gopal Pora (under 2 km) and Bagh Buchroo (under 2 km).

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

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