About Gundi Balakh Village

Gundi Balakh is a mid sized village in Sonawari tehsil, in the district of Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 584, made up of 307 males and 277 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gundi Balakh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gundi Balakh village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Bandipore
Tehsil	Sonawari
Pincode	193501
Area (hectares)	75.7 hectares
Population	584
Male Population	307
Female Population	277
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	902
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gundi Balakh compares

By the 2011 count Gundi Balakh is the 43rd largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,964 residents. Its 75.7 hectares work out to about 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Gundi Balakh

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

Gundi Balakh lies about 40 km from Bandipore, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 1.6 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 Gundi Balakh
Nearest railway station	Naid Gaam Railway Station	1.6 km
Nearest town	Soyībug	3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonawari	20 km
District headquarters	Bandipore	40 km

Villages closest to Gundi Balakh

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 Gundi Balakh

As per the Census of India 2011, Gundi Balakh village had a population of 584. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,964 residents.

Gundi Balakh village has 307 males and 277 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gundi Balakh has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Gundi Balakh is 193501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gundi Balakh covers 75.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gundi Balakh falls under Sonawari tehsil of Bandipore district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Gundi Balakh is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 1.6 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 Gundi Balakh.

Gundi Balakh is about 40 km from Bandipore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gundi Balakh is in Sonawari tehsil of Bandipore district. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about 1.6 km away. Soyībug is about 3.7 km away. Sonawari is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.