About Gagar Hal Village

Gagar Hal is a small village in Boniyar tehsil, in the district of Baramula, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 216, made up of 122 males and 94 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 770 females per 1000 males. The village covers 19 hectares hectares.

Gagar Hal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gagar Hal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Baramula
Tehsil	Boniyar
Area (hectares)	19 hectares
Population	216
Male Population	122
Female Population	94
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	770
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gagar Hal compares

By the 2011 count Gagar Hal is the 49th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,395 residents. Its 19 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 894.

Getting to Gagar Hal

Gagar Hal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gagar Hal as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Gagar Hal from other places

Gagar Hal lies about 27 km from Baramula, and the nearest railway station is Mazhom, 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 Gagar Hal
Nearest railway station	Mazhom	1.9 km
Nearest town	Soyībug	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Boniyar	27 km
District headquarters	Baramula	27 km

Villages closest to Gagar Hal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Boniyar 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 Gagar Hal

As per the Census of India 2011, Gagar Hal village had a population of 216. That makes it the 49th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,395 residents.

Gagar Hal village has 122 males and 94 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gagar Hal has about 770 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

Gagar Hal covers 19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gagar Hal falls under Boniyar tehsil of Baramula district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Gagar Hal is Mazhom, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gagar Hal.

Gagar Hal is about 27 km from Baramula in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gagar Hal is in Boniyar tehsil of Baramula district. Mazhom is about 1.9 km away. Soyībug is about 9.8 km away. Boniyar is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.