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About Gund Sarsingh Village

Gund Sarsingh is a large village in Kangan tehsil, in the district of Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,688, made up of 1,949 males and 1,739 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 385.3 hectares hectares.

Gund Sarsingh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gund Sarsingh village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Ganderbal
Tehsil Kangan
Area (hectares) 385.3 hectares
Population 3,688
Male Population 1,949
Female Population 1,739
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Gund Sarsingh compares

By the 2011 count Gund Sarsingh is the 10th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,879 residents. Its 385.3 hectares work out to about 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Gund Sarsingh

Gund Sarsingh is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gund Sarsingh 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gund Sarsingh from other places

Gund Sarsingh lies about 12 km from Ganderbal, and the nearest railway station is Srinagar Railway Station, about 30 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 Gund Sarsingh
Tehsil headquarters Kangan 2.9 km
District headquarters Ganderbal 12 km
Nearest railway station Srinagar Railway Station 30 km

Villages closest to Gund Sarsingh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kangan 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 Gund Sarsingh

As per the Census of India 2011, Gund Sarsingh village had a population of 3,688. That makes it the 10th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,879 residents.

Gund Sarsingh village has 1,949 males and 1,739 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gund Sarsingh has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Gund Sarsingh covers 385.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gund Sarsingh falls under Kangan tehsil of Ganderbal district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Gund Sarsingh is Srinagar Railway Station, about 30 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gund Sarsingh.

Gund Sarsingh is about 12 km from Ganderbal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gund Sarsingh is in Kangan tehsil of Ganderbal district. Kangan is about 2.9 km away. Ganderbal is about 12 km away. Srinagar Railway Station is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Arigori Pora (under 2 km), Barwalah (under 2 km) and Daraduder (under 2 km).

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

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