About Bugchal Village

Bugchal is a small village in Khansahib tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 427, made up of 232 males and 195 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.9 hectares hectares.

Bugchal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bugchal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Badgam
Tehsil	Khansahib
Area (hectares)	78.9 hectares
Population	427
Male Population	232
Female Population	195
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	841
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bugchal compares

By the 2011 count Bugchal is the 75th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents. Its 78.9 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Bugchal

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

Bugchal lies about 27 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Awantipura, about 15 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 Bugchal
Nearest town	Pulwama	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Awantipura	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khansahib	24 km
District headquarters	Badgam	27 km

Villages closest to Bugchal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khansahib 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 Bugchal

As per the Census of India 2011, Bugchal village had a population of 427. That makes it the 75th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents.

Bugchal village has 232 males and 195 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bugchal has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Bugchal covers 78.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bugchal falls under Khansahib tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Bugchal is Awantipura, about 15 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 Bugchal.

Bugchal is about 27 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bugchal is in Khansahib tehsil of Badgam district. Pulwama is about 8.1 km away. Awantipura is about 15 km away. Khansahib is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.