About Shatgund Pain Village

Shatgund Pain 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 702, made up of 352 males and 350 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 994 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shatgund Pain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shatgund Pain village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Pincode	193302
Area (hectares)	72.4 hectares
Population	702
Male Population	352
Female Population	350
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	994
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shatgund Pain compares

By the 2011 count Shatgund Pain is the 134th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 72.4 hectares work out to about 9.7 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 Shatgund Pain

Shatgund Pain is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shatgund Pain 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shatgund Pain from other places

Shatgund Pain 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 Shatgund Pain
District headquarters	Kupwara	13 km
Nearest town	Kopawor	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Handwara	15 km
Nearest railway station	Baramula	35 km

Villages closest to Shatgund Pain

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 Shatgund Pain

As per the Census of India 2011, Shatgund Pain village had a population of 702. That makes it the 134th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Shatgund Pain village has 352 males and 350 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shatgund Pain has about 994 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 Shatgund Pain is 193302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shatgund Pain covers 72.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Shatgund Pain is Baramula, about 35 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Shatgund Pain.

Shatgund Pain 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.

Shatgund Pain 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.