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About Gund Maksood Village

Gund Maksood 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 663, made up of 360 males and 303 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.6 hectares hectares.

Gund Maksood Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gund Maksood village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Chadoora
Area (hectares) 37.6 hectares
Population 663
Male Population 360
Female Population 303
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 842
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gund Maksood compares

By the 2011 count Gund Maksood is the 72nd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents. Its 37.6 hectares work out to about 18 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 Gund Maksood

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

Gund Maksood 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 Gund Maksood
Nearest railway station Naid Gaam Railway Station 1.6 km
Nearest town Soyībug 3.7 km
District headquarters Badgam 6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Chadoora 17 km

Villages closest to Gund Maksood

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 Gund Maksood

As per the Census of India 2011, Gund Maksood village had a population of 663. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents.

Gund Maksood village has 360 males and 303 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gund Maksood has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Gund Maksood covers 37.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Gund Maksood 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 Gund Maksood.

Gund Maksood 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.

Gund Maksood is in Chadoora tehsil of Badgam district. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about 1.6 km away. Soyībug is about 3.7 km away. Badgam 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 Chan Gund (under 2 km), Chodri Gund (under 2 km) and Gund Check Pora (under 2 km).

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

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