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About Gul Jafar Village

Gul Jafar is a small village in Tangmarg tehsil, in the district of Baramula, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 427, made up of 257 males and 170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 661 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34.8 hectares hectares.

Gul Jafar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gul Jafar village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Baramula
Tehsil Tangmarg
Area (hectares) 34.8 hectares
Population 427
Male Population 257
Female Population 170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 661
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 Gul Jafar compares

By the 2011 count Gul Jafar is the 66th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,025 residents. Its 34.8 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Gul Jafar

Gul Jafar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gul Jafar 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. The nearest villages by name are Forest Block, Goni Pora, Gound Magsud and Gul Afshan. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Gul Jafar

As per the Census of India 2011, Gul Jafar village had a population of 427. That makes it the 66th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,025 residents.

Gul Jafar village has 257 males and 170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gul Jafar has about 661 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

Gul Jafar covers 34.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gul Jafar falls under Tangmarg tehsil of Baramula district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Gul Jafar notes the nearest railway station 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 Gul Jafar.

Gul Jafar is in Tangmarg tehsil of Baramula district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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