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About Nandimarg Village

Nandimarg is one of the larger villages in Damhal Hanjipora tehsil, in the district of Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,066, made up of 2,681 males and 2,385 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 899.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 192233, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nandimarg Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nandimarg village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kulgam
Tehsil Damhal Hanjipora
Pincode 192233
Area (hectares) 899.6 hectares
Population 5,066
Male Population 2,681
Female Population 2,385
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Nandimarg compares

By the 2011 count Nandimarg is the 5th 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. Its 899.6 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Nandimarg

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

How far is Nandimarg from other places

Nandimarg lies about 11 km from Kulgam, and the nearest railway station is Bijbiara, about 7.7 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 Nandimarg
Nearest railway station Bijbiara 7.7 km
Nearest town Bijbehara 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Damhal Hanjipora 11 km
District headquarters Kulgam 11 km

Villages closest to Nandimarg

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Damhal Hanjipora 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 Nandimarg

As per the Census of India 2011, Nandimarg village had a population of 5,066. That makes it the 5th 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.

Nandimarg village has 2,681 males and 2,385 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nandimarg has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Nandimarg is 192233. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nandimarg covers 899.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Nandimarg is Bijbiara, about 7.7 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Nandimarg.

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

Nandimarg is in Damhal Hanjipora tehsil of Kulgam district. Bijbiara is about 7.7 km away. Bijbehara is about 10 km away. Damhal Hanjipora is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Wari Pora (2.5 km), Kemo Mashigam Jagir (4.4 km) and Gojri Pora Dayani Pora (6.6 km).

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

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