About Forest Block Village

Forest Block is a large village in Damhal Hanjipora tehsil, in the district of Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,424, made up of 2,339 males and 2,085 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males.

Forest Block Overview

Census 2011 figures for Forest Block village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kulgam
Tehsil	Damhal Hanjipora
Population	4,424
Male Population	2,339
Female Population	2,085
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Forest Block compares

By the 2011 count Forest Block is the 7th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,136 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Forest Block

Forest Block is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Forest Block as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Chimmer, Chogal Pora, Damhal Hanji Pora and Dano Kandi Marag. 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.

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Common questions about Forest Block

As per the Census of India 2011, Forest Block village had a population of 4,424. That makes it the 7th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,136 residents.

Forest Block village has 2,339 males and 2,085 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Forest Block has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Forest Block falls under Damhal Hanjipora tehsil of Kulgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Forest Block notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as not recorded for Forest Block.

Forest Block is in Damhal Hanjipora tehsil of Kulgam 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.