About Forest Block Village

Forest Block is a mid sized village in Bandipora tehsil, in the district of Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 996, made up of 536 males and 460 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males.

Forest Block Overview

Census 2011 figures for Forest Block village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Bandipore
Tehsil	Bandipora
Population	996
Male Population	536
Female Population	460
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	858
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Forest Block compares

By the 2011 count Forest Block is the 35th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,431 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Forest Block

Forest Block is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Forest Block as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Forest Block from other places

Forest Block lies about 20 km from Bandipore, and the nearest railway station is Sopur, about 31 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 Forest Block
Nearest town	Kopawor	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bandipora	20 km
District headquarters	Bandipore	20 km
Nearest railway station	Sopur	31 km

Villages closest to Forest Block

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bandipora 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 Forest Block

As per the Census of India 2011, Forest Block village had a population of 996. That makes it the 35th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,431 residents.

Forest Block village has 536 males and 460 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Forest Block has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Forest Block falls under Bandipora tehsil of Bandipore district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Forest Block is Sopur, about 31 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Forest Block.

Forest Block is about 20 km from Bandipore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Forest Block is in Bandipora tehsil of Bandipore district. Kopawor is about 19 km away. Bandipora is about 20 km away. Bandipore is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.