About Mundi Gam Village

Mundi Gam 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 1,267, made up of 668 males and 599 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mundi Gam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mundi Gam village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Pincode	193302
Area (hectares)	83.31 hectares
Population	1,267
Male Population	668
Female Population	599
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mundi Gam compares

By the 2011 count Mundi Gam is the 80th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 83.31 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Mundi Gam

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

Mundi Gam lies about 22 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 Mundi Gam
Tehsil headquarters	Handwara	9.3 km
Nearest town	Sopur	12 km
District headquarters	Kupwara	22 km

Villages closest to Mundi Gam

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 Mundi Gam

As per the Census of India 2011, Mundi Gam village had a population of 1,267. That makes it the 80th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Mundi Gam village has 668 males and 599 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mundi Gam has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Mundi Gam is 193302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mundi Gam covers 83.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The census record for Mundi Gam 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 Mundi Gam.

Mundi Gam is about 22 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mundi Gam is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Handwara is about 9.3 km away. Sopur is about 12 km away. Kupwara is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.