About Sumlar Shok Baba Village

Sumlar Shok Baba is one of the larger villages in Bandipora tehsil, in the district of Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,178, made up of 2,763 males and 2,415 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 378.8 hectares hectares.

Sumlar Shok Baba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sumlar Shok Baba village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Bandipore
Tehsil	Bandipora
Area (hectares)	378.8 hectares
Population	5,178
Male Population	2,763
Female Population	2,415
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sumlar Shok Baba compares

By the 2011 count Sumlar Shok Baba is the 11th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,431 residents. Its 378.8 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Sumlar Shok Baba

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

Sumlar Shok Baba lies about 26 km from Bandipore, and the nearest railway station is Srinagar Railway Station, about 29 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 Sumlar Shok Baba
Nearest town	Ganderbal	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bandipora	26 km
District headquarters	Bandipore	26 km
Nearest railway station	Srinagar Railway Station	29 km

Villages closest to Sumlar Shok Baba

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 Sumlar Shok Baba

As per the Census of India 2011, Sumlar Shok Baba village had a population of 5,178. That makes it the 11th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,431 residents.

Sumlar Shok Baba village has 2,763 males and 2,415 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sumlar Shok Baba has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Sumlar Shok Baba covers 378.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sumlar Shok Baba falls under Bandipora tehsil of Bandipore district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Sumlar Shok Baba is Srinagar Railway Station, about 29 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 Sumlar Shok Baba.

Sumlar Shok Baba is about 26 km from Bandipore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sumlar Shok Baba is in Bandipora tehsil of Bandipore district. Ganderbal is about 11 km away. Bandipora is about 26 km away. Bandipore is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.