About Shum Nag Village

Shum Nag 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 866, made up of 410 males and 456 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,112 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160.3 hectares hectares.

Shum Nag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shum Nag village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Badgam
Tehsil	Chadoora
Area (hectares)	160.3 hectares
Population	866
Male Population	410
Female Population	456
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,112
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shum Nag compares

By the 2011 count Shum Nag is the 64th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents. Its 160.3 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Shum Nag

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

How far is Shum Nag from other places

Shum Nag lies about 11 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Badgam station, about 14 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 Shum Nag
Tehsil headquarters	Chadoora	8.0 km
District headquarters	Badgam	11 km
Nearest railway station	Badgam station	14 km
Nearest town	Pulwama	18 km

Villages closest to Shum Nag

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.

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Common questions about Shum Nag

As per the Census of India 2011, Shum Nag village had a population of 866. That makes it the 64th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents.

Shum Nag village has 410 males and 456 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shum Nag has about 1112 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 924.

Shum Nag covers 160.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shum Nag falls under Chadoora tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Shum Nag is Badgam station, about 14 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Shum Nag.

Shum Nag is about 11 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shum Nag is in Chadoora tehsil of Badgam district. Chadoora is about 8.0 km away. Badgam is about 11 km away. Badgam station is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.