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About Padder Gund Village

Padder 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 361, made up of 199 males and 162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 814 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padder Gund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padder Gund village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kupwara
Tehsil Handwara
Pincode 193224
Area (hectares) 45.3 hectares
Population 361
Male Population 199
Female Population 162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 814
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padder Gund compares

By the 2011 count Padder Gund is the 171st 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 45.3 hectares work out to about 8.0 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 Padder Gund

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

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

Villages closest to Padder 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.

Common questions about Padder Gund

As per the Census of India 2011, Padder Gund village had a population of 361. That makes it the 171st largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Padder Gund village has 199 males and 162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padder Gund has about 814 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Padder Gund is 193224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padder Gund covers 45.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Padder Gund 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 km distance for Padder Gund.

Padder Gund 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.

Padder Gund 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 Chabutra (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Padder Gund today is likely to be higher.

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