About Gundi Jahangir Village

Gundi Jahangir is a large village in Sonawari tehsil, in the district of Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,301, made up of 1,725 males and 1,576 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 690.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gundi Jahangir Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gundi Jahangir village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Bandipore
Tehsil	Sonawari
Pincode	193501
Area (hectares)	690.4 hectares
Population	3,301
Male Population	1,725
Female Population	1,576
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gundi Jahangir compares

By the 2011 count Gundi Jahangir is the 17th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,964 residents. Its 690.4 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Gundi Jahangir

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

Gundi Jahangir lies about 19 km from Bandipore, and the nearest railway station is Hamre, about 6.1 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 Jahangir
Nearest railway station	Hamre	6.1 km
Nearest town	Sopur	7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonawari	8.4 km
District headquarters	Bandipore	19 km

Villages closest to Gundi Jahangir

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 Jahangir

As per the Census of India 2011, Gundi Jahangir village had a population of 3,301. That makes it the 17th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,964 residents.

Gundi Jahangir village has 1,725 males and 1,576 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gundi Jahangir has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

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

Gundi Jahangir covers 690.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gundi Jahangir is Hamre, about 6.1 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 Gundi Jahangir.

Gundi Jahangir is about 19 km from Bandipore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gundi Jahangir is in Sonawari tehsil of Bandipore district. Hamre is about 6.1 km away. Sopur is about 7.5 km away. Sonawari is about 8.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.