About Bandi Village

Bandi is a mid sized village in Handwara tehsil, in the district of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 956, made up of 541 males and 415 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 767 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.4 hectares hectares.

Bandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bandi village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Area (hectares)	85.4 hectares
Population	956
Male Population	541
Female Population	415
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	767
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bandi compares

By the 2011 count Bandi is the 108th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 85.4 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Bandi

Bandi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bandi as Available within 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 Bandi from other places

Bandi lies about 25 km from Kupwara, and the nearest railway station is Baramula, about 21 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 Bandi
Tehsil headquarters	Handwara	13 km
Nearest town	Bāramūla	18 km
Nearest railway station	Baramula	21 km
District headquarters	Kupwara	25 km

Villages closest to Bandi

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.

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Common questions about Bandi

As per the Census of India 2011, Bandi village had a population of 956. That makes it the 108th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Bandi village has 541 males and 415 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bandi has about 767 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Bandi covers 85.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Bandi is Baramula, about 21 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bandi.

Bandi is about 25 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bandi is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Handwara is about 13 km away. Bāramūla is about 18 km away. Baramula is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.