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About Badi Gam Village

Badi Gam is a mid sized village in Shopian tehsil, in the district of Shupiyan, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 506, made up of 253 males and 253 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94.3 hectares hectares.

Badi Gam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badi Gam village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Shupiyan
Tehsil Shopian
Area (hectares) 94.3 hectares
Population 506
Male Population 253
Female Population 253
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Badi Gam compares

By the 2011 count Badi Gam is the 158th largest of the 222 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,101 residents. Its 94.3 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Badi Gam

Badi Gam is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Badi Gam 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 Badi Gam from other places

Badi Gam lies about 26 km from Shupiyan, and the nearest railway station is Sadura, about 5.7 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 Badi Gam
Nearest railway station Sadura 5.7 km
Nearest town Kulgam 7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Shopian 26 km
District headquarters Shupiyan 26 km

Villages closest to Badi Gam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shopian 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 Badi Gam

As per the Census of India 2011, Badi Gam village had a population of 506. That makes it the 158th largest of the 222 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,101 residents.

Badi Gam village has 253 males and 253 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badi Gam has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 978.

Badi Gam covers 94.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badi Gam falls under Shopian tehsil of Shupiyan district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Badi Gam is Sadura, about 5.7 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 Badi Gam.

Badi Gam is about 26 km from Shupiyan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badi Gam is in Shopian tehsil of Shupiyan district. Sadura is about 5.7 km away. Kulgam is about 7.0 km away. Shopian is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nadi Gam (under 2 km), Posh Hamah (5.6 km) and Rakahamah (5.6 km).

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

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