About Khana Gund Village

Khana 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 395, made up of 215 males and 180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.4 hectares hectares.

Khana Gund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khana Gund village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Area (hectares)	36.4 hectares
Population	395
Male Population	215
Female Population	180
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	837
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khana Gund compares

By the 2011 count Khana Gund is the 166th 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 36.4 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 Khana Gund

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

Khana Gund lies about 21 km from Kupwara. 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 Khana Gund
Tehsil headquarters	Handwara	8.5 km
Nearest town	Sopur	13 km
District headquarters	Kupwara	21 km

Villages closest to Khana 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.

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Common questions about Khana Gund

As per the Census of India 2011, Khana Gund village had a population of 395. That makes it the 166th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Khana Gund village has 215 males and 180 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khana Gund has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Khana Gund covers 36.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

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

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Khana Gund.

Khana Gund is about 21 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khana Gund is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Handwara is about 8.5 km away. Sopur is about 13 km away. Kupwara is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.