About Khonu Baba Gund Village

Khonu Baba Gund 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 1,242, made up of 630 males and 612 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khonu Baba Gund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khonu Baba Gund village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Pincode	193302
Area (hectares)	117.8 hectares
Population	1,242
Male Population	630
Female Population	612
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	971
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khonu Baba Gund compares

By the 2011 count Khonu Baba Gund is the 85th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 117.8 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Khonu Baba Gund

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

Khonu Baba Gund lies about 19 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 Khonu Baba Gund
Tehsil headquarters	Handwara	6.7 km
Nearest town	Sopur	15 km
District headquarters	Kupwara	19 km

Villages closest to Khonu Baba 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 Khonu Baba Gund

As per the Census of India 2011, Khonu Baba Gund village had a population of 1,242. That makes it the 85th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Khonu Baba Gund village has 630 males and 612 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khonu Baba Gund has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Khonu Baba Gund is 193302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khonu Baba Gund covers 117.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The census record for Khonu Baba Gund notes the nearest railway station 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 Khonu Baba Gund.

Khonu Baba Gund is about 19 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khonu Baba Gund is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Handwara is about 6.7 km away. Sopur is about 15 km away. Kupwara is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.