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About Gund Chabutra Village

Gund Chabutra is a large village in Handwara tehsil, in the district of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,025, made up of 1,068 males and 957 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 342 hectares hectares.

Gund Chabutra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gund Chabutra village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kupwara
Tehsil Handwara
Area (hectares) 342 hectares
Population 2,025
Male Population 1,068
Female Population 957
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gund Chabutra compares

By the 2011 count Gund Chabutra is the 28th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 342 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Gund Chabutra

Gund Chabutra is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Gund Chabutra as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Gund Chabutra from other places

Gund Chabutra 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 Gund Chabutra
District headquarters Kupwara 13 km
Nearest town Kopawor 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Handwara 15 km
Nearest railway station Baramula 35 km

Villages closest to Gund Chabutra

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 Gund Chabutra

As per the Census of India 2011, Gund Chabutra village had a population of 2,025. That makes it the 28th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Gund Chabutra village has 1,068 males and 957 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gund Chabutra has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Gund Chabutra covers 342 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gund Chabutra 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 - 10 km distance for Gund Chabutra.

Gund Chabutra 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.

Gund Chabutra 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), Banger Gund (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 Gund Chabutra today is likely to be higher.

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