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About Gandeh Village

Gandeh is a small village in Sunderbani tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 218, made up of 112 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 150.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185156, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gandeh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandeh village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Rajouri
Tehsil Sunderbani
Pincode 185156
Area (hectares) 150.1 hectares
Population 218
Male Population 112
Female Population 106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 946
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gandeh compares

By the 2011 count Gandeh is the 40th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,332 residents. Its 150.1 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Gandeh

Gandeh is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gandeh as Available within <5 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 Gandeh from other places

Gandeh lies about 41 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 46 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 Gandeh
Tehsil headquarters Sunderbani 6.1 km
Nearest town Akhnūr 30 km
District headquarters Rajouri 41 km
Nearest railway station Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra 46 km

Villages closest to Gandeh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandeh village had a population of 218. That makes it the 40th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,332 residents.

Gandeh village has 112 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandeh has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Gandeh is 185156. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gandeh covers 150.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gandeh falls under Sunderbani tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Gandeh is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 46 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 village for Gandeh.

Gandeh is about 41 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gandeh is in Sunderbani tehsil of Rajouri district. Sunderbani is about 6.1 km away. Akhnūr is about 30 km away. Rajouri is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kaldubi (2.8 km), Changi Kangrial (5.1 km) and Phal (5.4 km).

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

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