About Forest Block Village

Forest Block is a large village in Gurez tehsil, in the district of Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,422, made up of 2,873 males and 549 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 191 females per 1000 males.

Forest Block Overview

Census 2011 figures for Forest Block village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Bandipore
Tehsil	Gurez
Population	3,422
Male Population	2,873
Female Population	549
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	191

How Forest Block compares

By the 2011 count Forest Block is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 822.

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
District headquarters	Bandipore	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gurez	29 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 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 Forest Block

As per the Census of India 2011, Forest Block village had a population of 3,422. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents.

Forest Block village has 2,873 males and 549 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Forest Block has about 191 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 822.

Forest Block falls under Gurez 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.

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 Gurez tehsil of Bandipore district. Kopawor is about 19 km away. Bandipore is about 20 km away. Gurez is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.