About Gund Gul Sheikh Village

Gund Gul Sheikh is a small village in Gurez tehsil, in the district of Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 479, made up of 257 males and 222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 26.7 hectares hectares.

Gund Gul Sheikh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gund Gul Sheikh village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Bandipore
Tehsil	Gurez
Area (hectares)	26.7 hectares
Population	479
Male Population	257
Female Population	222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	864
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gund Gul Sheikh compares

By the 2011 count Gund Gul Sheikh is the 24th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents. Its 26.7 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 822.

Getting to Gund Gul Sheikh

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

Gund Gul Sheikh lies about 45 km from Bandipore, and the nearest railway station is Srinagar Railway Station, 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 Gund Gul Sheikh
Tehsil headquarters	Gurez	33 km
District headquarters	Bandipore	45 km
Nearest town	Bandipura	45 km
Nearest railway station	Srinagar Railway Station	62 km

Villages closest to Gund Gul Sheikh

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 Gund Gul Sheikh

As per the Census of India 2011, Gund Gul Sheikh village had a population of 479. That makes it the 24th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents.

Gund Gul Sheikh village has 257 males and 222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gund Gul Sheikh has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 822.

Gund Gul Sheikh covers 26.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gund Gul Sheikh falls under Gurez tehsil of Bandipore district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Gund Gul Sheikh is Srinagar Railway Station, 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 Gund Gul Sheikh.

Gund Gul Sheikh is about 45 km from Bandipore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gund Gul Sheikh is in Gurez tehsil of Bandipore district. Gurez is about 33 km away. Bandipore is about 45 km away. Bandipura is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.