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About Mar Gund Village

Mar Gund is a mid sized village in Kangan tehsil, in the district of Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,921, made up of 1,103 males and 818 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 742 females per 1000 males. The village covers 116.1 hectares hectares.

Mar Gund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mar Gund village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Ganderbal
Tehsil Kangan
Area (hectares) 116.1 hectares
Population 1,921
Male Population 1,103
Female Population 818
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 742
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Mar Gund compares

By the 2011 count Mar Gund is the 26th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,879 residents. Its 116.1 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Mar Gund

Mar Gund is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Mar Gund as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Mar Gund from other places

Mar Gund lies about 13 km from Ganderbal, and the nearest railway station is Srinagar Railway Station, about 26 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 Mar Gund
Tehsil headquarters Kangan 1.7 km
District headquarters Ganderbal 13 km
Nearest railway station Srinagar Railway Station 26 km

Villages closest to Mar Gund

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 Mar Gund

As per the Census of India 2011, Mar Gund village had a population of 1,921. That makes it the 26th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,879 residents.

Mar Gund village has 1,103 males and 818 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mar Gund has about 742 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

Mar Gund covers 116.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Mar Gund is Srinagar Railway Station, about 26 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Mar Gund.

Mar Gund is about 13 km from Ganderbal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mar Gund is in Kangan tehsil of Ganderbal district. Kangan is about 1.7 km away. Ganderbal is about 13 km away. Srinagar Railway Station is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Akhal (under 2 km), Kangan (1.7 km) and Najwan Nilah (2.6 km).

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

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