About Gada Khud Village

Gada Khud is a large village in Sonawari tehsil, in the district of Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,007, made up of 1,057 males and 950 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gada Khud Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gada Khud village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Bandipore
Tehsil	Sonawari
Pincode	193501
Area (hectares)	61.1 hectares
Population	2,007
Male Population	1,057
Female Population	950
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gada Khud compares

By the 2011 count Gada Khud is the 32nd largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,964 residents. Its 61.1 hectares work out to about 33 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Gada Khud

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

Gada Khud lies about 26 km from Bandipore, and the nearest railway station is Pattan, about 5.8 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 Gada Khud
Nearest railway station	Pattan	5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonawari	6.3 km
Nearest town	Soyībug	14 km
District headquarters	Bandipore	26 km

Villages closest to Gada Khud

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sonawari 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 Gada Khud

As per the Census of India 2011, Gada Khud village had a population of 2,007. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,964 residents.

Gada Khud village has 1,057 males and 950 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gada Khud has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Gada Khud is 193501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gada Khud covers 61.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 33 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gada Khud falls under Sonawari tehsil of Bandipore district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Gada Khud is Pattan, about 5.8 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 Gada Khud.

Gada Khud 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.

Gada Khud is in Sonawari tehsil of Bandipore district. Pattan is about 5.8 km away. Sonawari is about 6.3 km away. Soyībug is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.