About Shati Gam Village

Shati 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 944, made up of 502 males and 442 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 151.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shati Gam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shati Gam village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Pincode	193221
Area (hectares)	151.8 hectares
Population	944
Male Population	502
Female Population	442
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	880
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shati Gam compares

By the 2011 count Shati Gam is the 109th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 151.8 hectares work out to about 6.2 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 Shati Gam

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

Shati Gam lies about 19 km from Kupwara, and the nearest railway station is Baramula, about 28 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 Shati Gam
Tehsil headquarters	Handwara	12 km
District headquarters	Kupwara	19 km
Nearest town	Kopawor	19 km
Nearest railway station	Baramula	28 km

Villages closest to Shati 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 Shati Gam

As per the Census of India 2011, Shati Gam village had a population of 944. That makes it the 109th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Shati Gam village has 502 males and 442 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shati Gam has about 880 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 Shati Gam is 193221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shati Gam covers 151.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Shati Gam is Baramula, about 28 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Shati Gam.

Shati Gam 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.

Shati Gam is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Handwara is about 12 km away. Kupwara is about 19 km away. Kopawor is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.