About Badugam Village

Badugam is a mid sized village in Gurez tehsil, in the district of Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,813, made up of 990 males and 823 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 831 females per 1000 males. The village covers 195.9 hectares hectares.

Badugam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badugam village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Bandipore
Tehsil	Gurez
Area (hectares)	195.9 hectares
Population	1,813
Male Population	990
Female Population	823
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	831
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badugam compares

By the 2011 count Badugam is the 9th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents. Its 195.9 hectares work out to about 9.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 822.

Getting to Badugam

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

Badugam lies about 41 km from Bandipore, and the nearest railway station is Hamre, about 62 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 Badugam
Tehsil headquarters	Gurez	27 km
District headquarters	Bandipore	41 km
Nearest town	Bandipura	41 km
Nearest railway station	Hamre	62 km

Villages closest to Badugam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badugam village had a population of 1,813. That makes it the 9th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents.

Badugam village has 990 males and 823 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badugam has about 831 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 822.

Badugam covers 195.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Badugam falls under Gurez tehsil of Bandipore district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Badugam is Hamre, about 62 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 village for Badugam.

Badugam is about 41 km from Bandipore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badugam is in Gurez tehsil of Bandipore district. Gurez is about 27 km away. Bandipore is about 41 km away. Bandipura is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.