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About Khawja Gund Village

Khawja Gund is a small village in Khag tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 351, made up of 190 males and 161 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 847 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khawja Gund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khawja Gund village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Khag
Pincode 193411
Area (hectares) 21.4 hectares
Population 351
Male Population 190
Female Population 161
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 847
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khawja Gund compares

By the 2011 count Khawja Gund is the 42nd largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,354 residents. Its 21.4 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 968.

Getting to Khawja Gund

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

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

Villages closest to Khawja Gund

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khawja Gund village had a population of 351. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,354 residents.

Khawja Gund village has 190 males and 161 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khawja Gund has about 847 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Khawja Gund is 193411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khawja Gund covers 21.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khawja Gund falls under Khag tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Khawja 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khawja Gund.

Khawja 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.

Khawja Gund is in Khag 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 Khan Pora (5.5 km), Alam Nag (6.0 km) and Parapora (7.8 km).

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

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