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About Qumroo Village

Qumroo is a mid sized village in Khansahib tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 997, made up of 543 males and 454 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 836 females per 1000 males. The village covers 239.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Qumroo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Qumroo village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Khansahib
Pincode 193411
Area (hectares) 239.6 hectares
Population 997
Male Population 543
Female Population 454
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 836
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Qumroo compares

By the 2011 count Qumroo is the 40th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents. Its 239.6 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 Qumroo

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

Qumroo lies about 14 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway 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 Qumroo
Tehsil headquarters Khansahib 7.0 km
District headquarters Badgam 14 km
Nearest railway station Naid Gaam Railway Station 14 km
Nearest town Soyībug 18 km

Villages closest to Qumroo

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.

Common questions about Qumroo

As per the Census of India 2011, Qumroo village had a population of 997. That makes it the 40th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents.

Qumroo village has 543 males and 454 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Qumroo has about 836 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

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

Qumroo covers 239.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Qumroo is Naid Gaam Railway 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Qumroo.

Qumroo is about 14 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Qumroo is in Khansahib tehsil of Badgam district. Khansahib is about 7.0 km away. Badgam is about 14 km away. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Warahgam (under 2 km), Chil (1.8 km) and Bras (2.4 km).

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

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