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About Gantamulla Pain Village

Gantamulla Pain is a mid sized village in Baramulla tehsil, in the district of Baramula, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,353, made up of 748 males and 605 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 809 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gantamulla Pain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gantamulla Pain village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Baramula
Tehsil Baramulla
Pincode 193101
Area (hectares) 136 hectares
Population 1,353
Male Population 748
Female Population 605
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 809
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gantamulla Pain compares

By the 2011 count Gantamulla Pain is the 24th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,862 residents. Its 136 hectares work out to about 9.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Gantamulla Pain

Gantamulla Pain is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gantamulla Pain as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Gantamulla Pain from other places

Gantamulla Pain lies about 15 km from Baramula, and the nearest railway station is Hamre, about 1.9 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 Gantamulla Pain
Nearest railway station Hamre 1.9 km
Nearest town Sopur 9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Baramulla 15 km
District headquarters Baramula 15 km

Villages closest to Gantamulla Pain

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baramulla 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.

Common questions about Gantamulla Pain

As per the Census of India 2011, Gantamulla Pain village had a population of 1,353. That makes it the 24th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,862 residents.

Gantamulla Pain village has 748 males and 605 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gantamulla Pain has about 809 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Gantamulla Pain is 193101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gantamulla Pain covers 136 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gantamulla Pain falls under Baramulla tehsil of Baramula district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Gantamulla Pain is Hamre, about 1.9 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 10+ km distance for Gantamulla Pain.

Gantamulla Pain is about 15 km from Baramula in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gantamulla Pain is in Baramulla tehsil of Baramula district. Hamre is about 1.9 km away. Sopur is about 9.6 km away. Baramulla is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Singh Pora Kalan (5.2 km), Nowpora Jagir (6.0 km) and Naid Hal (11 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gantamulla Pain today is likely to be higher.

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