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About Banger Gund Village

Banger Gund is a small village in Handwara tehsil, in the district of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 261, made up of 139 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 14.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 119322, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banger Gund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banger Gund village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kupwara
Tehsil Handwara
Pincode 119322
Area (hectares) 14.16 hectares
Population 261
Male Population 139
Female Population 122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banger Gund compares

By the 2011 count Banger Gund is the 178th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 14.16 hectares work out to about 18 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 929.

Getting to Banger Gund

Banger Gund is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Banger Gund as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Banger Gund from other places

Banger Gund lies about 13 km from Kupwara, and the nearest railway station is Baramula, about 35 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 Banger Gund
District headquarters Kupwara 13 km
Nearest town Kopawor 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Handwara 15 km
Nearest railway station Baramula 35 km

Villages closest to Banger Gund

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banger Gund village had a population of 261. That makes it the 178th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Banger Gund village has 139 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banger Gund has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Banger Gund is 119322. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banger Gund covers 14.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Banger Gund falls under Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Banger Gund is Baramula, about 35 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 <5 km distance for Banger Gund.

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

Banger Gund is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Kupwara is about 13 km away. Kopawor is about 13 km away. Handwara is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bair Gund (under 2 km), Gund Chabutra (under 2 km) and Gund Razak (under 2 km).

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

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