About Nowgam Kandi Village

Nowgam Kandi is a mid sized village in Kreeri tehsil, in the district of Baramula, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,083, made up of 572 males and 511 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.1 hectares hectares.

Nowgam Kandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nowgam Kandi village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Baramula
Tehsil	Kreeri
Area (hectares)	95.1 hectares
Population	1,083
Male Population	572
Female Population	511
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nowgam Kandi compares

By the 2011 count Nowgam Kandi is the 25th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents. Its 95.1 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 Nowgam Kandi

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

Nowgam Kandi lies about 28 km from Baramula, and the nearest railway station is Sopur, about 25 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 Nowgam Kandi
Nearest town	Kopawor	10 km
Nearest railway station	Sopur	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kreeri	28 km
District headquarters	Baramula	28 km

Villages closest to Nowgam Kandi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kreeri 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 Nowgam Kandi

As per the Census of India 2011, Nowgam Kandi village had a population of 1,083. That makes it the 25th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents.

Nowgam Kandi village has 572 males and 511 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nowgam Kandi has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Nowgam Kandi covers 95.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Nowgam Kandi falls under Kreeri tehsil of Baramula district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Nowgam Kandi is Sopur, about 25 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 village for Nowgam Kandi.

Nowgam Kandi is about 28 km from Baramula in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nowgam Kandi is in Kreeri tehsil of Baramula district. Kopawor is about 10 km away. Sopur is about 25 km away. Kreeri is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.