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About Korgbal Village

Korgbal is a small village in Gurez tehsil, in the district of Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 146, made up of 77 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76.1 hectares hectares.

Korgbal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korgbal village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Bandipore
Tehsil Gurez
Area (hectares) 76.1 hectares
Population 146
Male Population 77
Female Population 69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Korgbal compares

By the 2011 count Korgbal is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents. Its 76.1 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 822.

Getting to Korgbal

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

Korgbal lies about 22 km from Bandipore, and the nearest railway station is Sopur, about 45 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 Korgbal
Tehsil headquarters Gurez 9.1 km
District headquarters Bandipore 22 km
Nearest town Bandipura 22 km
Nearest railway station Sopur 45 km

Villages closest to Korgbal

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.

Common questions about Korgbal

As per the Census of India 2011, Korgbal village had a population of 146. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents.

Korgbal village has 77 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korgbal has about 896 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.

Korgbal covers 76.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Korgbal is Sopur, about 45 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Korgbal.

Korgbal is about 22 km from Bandipore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korgbal is in Gurez tehsil of Bandipore district. Gurez is about 9.1 km away. Bandipore is about 22 km away. Bandipura is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dawar (14 km), Markoot (16 km) and Parana Talel (20 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Korgbal today is likely to be higher.

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