About Gwang Village

Gwang is a small village in Tral tehsil, in the district of Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 467, made up of 244 males and 223 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 19.8 hectares hectares.

Gwang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gwang village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Pulwama
Tehsil	Tral
Area (hectares)	19.8 hectares
Population	467
Male Population	244
Female Population	223
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gwang compares

By the 2011 count Gwang is the 57th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,399 residents. Its 19.8 hectares work out to about 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Gwang

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

Gwang lies about 20 km from Pulwama, and the nearest railway station is Awantipura, about 12 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 Gwang
Tehsil headquarters	Tral	4.9 km
Nearest railway station	Awantipura	12 km
Nearest town	Pāmpur	16 km
District headquarters	Pulwama	20 km

Villages closest to Gwang

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tral 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 Gwang

As per the Census of India 2011, Gwang village had a population of 467. That makes it the 57th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,399 residents.

Gwang village has 244 males and 223 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gwang has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Gwang covers 19.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gwang falls under Tral tehsil of Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Gwang is Awantipura, about 12 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gwang.

Gwang is about 20 km from Pulwama in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gwang is in Tral tehsil of Pulwama district. Tral is about 4.9 km away. Awantipura is about 12 km away. Pāmpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.