# Sunar Gund Village, Budgam, Badgam (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Budgam, Badgam 

# Sunar Gund

Sunar Gund is a village in Budgam sub-district of Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **380 people in 79 households**, the 74th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.5%.

- 380people (2011)
- 79households
- 45.1%literacy
- 845females per 1,000 males

## Sunar Gund PIN code and other codes

Sunar Gund falls in Budgam sub-district, Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatIchkoot
- Community development blockBudgam
- Census village code000702

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Sunar Gund from nearby towns?

- Budgam (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Budgam (district HQ)8 km by road
- Badgam (nearest town)8 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Sunar Gund?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Sunar Gund; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Ichgam
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Budgam
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Khanpora
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 10 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Sunar Gund known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 58% of the 23 hectares of village land is sown, and 12 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Sunar Gund

Of every 100 households in Sunar Gund in 2011, 99 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sunar Gund · ■ Budgam rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**13%

Tap water ****100%**

**64%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****0%**

**83%

Use banking services ****99%**

**50%

Television ****94%**

**63%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**4%

None of these assets ****0%**

**9%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Sunar Gund?

■ Sunar Gund · ■ Budgam rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.1%**

**54.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****845**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****714**

**883

Working population ****20.5%**

**24.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.1% for men and 29.2% for women. 37% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 11 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (22%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 48 (62%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Budgam

- Banday Bagh437 people
- Rakh Arath434 people
- Chowderi Bagh403 people
- Hayat Pora381 people
- Retni Pora375 people
- Bata Bagh363 people
- Dard Pora344 people
- Teki Pora343 people

[All 97 villages in Budgam](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/badgam/budgam/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sunar Gund from Budgam?8 km by road
- What is the population of Sunar Gund?380 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sunar Gund in?Badgam district (Budgam sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Sunar Gund?45.1% (Census 2011)
