About Maz Bug Village

Maz Bug is a mid sized village in Sopore tehsil, in the district of Baramula, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,657, made up of 845 males and 812 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 174 hectares hectares.

Maz Bug Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maz Bug village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Baramula
Tehsil	Sopore
Area (hectares)	174 hectares
Population	1,657
Male Population	845
Female Population	812
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	961
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Maz Bug compares

By the 2011 count Maz Bug is the 35th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,607 residents. Its 174 hectares work out to about 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Maz Bug

Maz Bug is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maz Bug 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maz Bug from other places

Maz Bug lies about 11 km from Baramula, and the nearest railway station is Sopur, about 3.3 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 Maz Bug
Nearest railway station	Sopur	3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sopore	4.3 km
District headquarters	Baramula	11 km

Villages closest to Maz Bug

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sopore 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 Maz Bug

As per the Census of India 2011, Maz Bug village had a population of 1,657. That makes it the 35th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,607 residents.

Maz Bug village has 845 males and 812 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maz Bug has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 967.

Maz Bug covers 174 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Maz Bug falls under Sopore tehsil of Baramula district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Maz Bug is Sopur, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Maz Bug.

Maz Bug is about 11 km from Baramula in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maz Bug is in Sopore tehsil of Baramula district. Sopur is about 3.3 km away. Sopore is about 4.3 km away. Baramula is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.