About Kosum Bagh Village

Kosum Bagh is a large village in Sonawari tehsil, in the district of Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,965, made up of 2,625 males and 2,340 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 463.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kosum Bagh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kosum Bagh village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Bandipore
Tehsil	Sonawari
Pincode	193501
Area (hectares)	463.8 hectares
Population	4,965
Male Population	2,625
Female Population	2,340
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kosum Bagh compares

By the 2011 count Kosum Bagh is the 8th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,964 residents. Its 463.8 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Kosum Bagh

Kosum Bagh is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kosum Bagh as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Kosum Bagh from other places

Kosum Bagh lies about 20 km from Bandipore, and the nearest railway station is Pattan, about 22 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 Kosum Bagh
Nearest town	Ganderbal	4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonawari	13 km
District headquarters	Bandipore	20 km
Nearest railway station	Pattan	22 km

Villages closest to Kosum Bagh

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 Kosum Bagh

As per the Census of India 2011, Kosum Bagh village had a population of 4,965. That makes it the 8th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,964 residents.

Kosum Bagh village has 2,625 males and 2,340 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kosum Bagh has about 891 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 Kosum Bagh is 193501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kosum Bagh covers 463.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Kosum Bagh falls under Sonawari tehsil of Bandipore district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Kosum Bagh is Pattan, about 22 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kosum Bagh.

Kosum Bagh is about 20 km from Bandipore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kosum Bagh is in Sonawari tehsil of Bandipore district. Ganderbal is about 4.7 km away. Sonawari is about 13 km away. Bandipore is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.