About Gund Prang Village

Gund Prang is a large village in Sonawari tehsil, in the district of Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,818, made up of 2,027 males and 1,791 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 184.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gund Prang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gund Prang village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Bandipore
Tehsil	Sonawari
Pincode	193501
Area (hectares)	184.1 hectares
Population	3,818
Male Population	2,027
Female Population	1,791
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gund Prang compares

By the 2011 count Gund Prang is the 14th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,964 residents. Its 184.1 hectares work out to about 21 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 Gund Prang

Gund Prang is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gund Prang as Available within 5 - 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 Prang from other places

Gund Prang lies about 9.6 km from Bandipore, and the nearest railway station is Hamre, about 16 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 Prang
District headquarters	Bandipore	9.6 km
Nearest town	Bandipura	9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonawari	10 km
Nearest railway station	Hamre	16 km

Villages closest to Gund Prang

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 Gund Prang

As per the Census of India 2011, Gund Prang village had a population of 3,818. That makes it the 14th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,964 residents.

Gund Prang village has 2,027 males and 1,791 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gund Prang has about 884 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 Gund Prang is 193501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gund Prang covers 184.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gund Prang falls under Sonawari tehsil of Bandipore district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Gund Prang is Hamre, about 16 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gund Prang.

Gund Prang is about 9.6 km from Bandipore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gund Prang is in Sonawari tehsil of Bandipore district. Bandipore is about 9.6 km away. Bandipura is about 9.6 km away. Sonawari is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.