Village · Sonawari, Bandipore
# Gundi Boon

Gundi Boon is a village in Sonawari sub-district of Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted 2,067 people in 294 households, the 30th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 45.4%.
- 2,067 people (2011)
- 294 households
- 46.1% literacy
- 934 females per 1,000 males

## Gundi Boon PIN code and other codes

Gundi Boon falls in Sonawari sub-district, Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir.
- Gram panchayat Gundi Boon
- Community development block Hajan
- Census village code 002784

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Gundi Boon from nearby towns?
- Sonawari (sub-district HQ) 15 km by road
- Bandipora (district HQ) 36 km by road
- Hajin (nearest town) 6 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Gundi Boon?

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

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Primary school In village · 3 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Health sub-centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Hajin
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Bandipora
- ○ ITI / vocational school 5–10 km · Hajin
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary under 5 km
- ○ Post office 5–10 km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water treated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011) 18 h summer · 12 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Gundi Boon known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 84% of the 246 hectares of village land is sown, and 207 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Gundi Boon

Of every 100 households in Gundi Boon in 2011, 100 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gundi Boon · ■ Sonawari rural average
- Electricity for lighting 100% 95%
- Toilet within the home 100% 78%
- No toilet (open defecation) 0% 20%
- Tap water 77% 62%
- Drinking water within premises 38% 28%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 7%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 90%
- Use banking services 71% 43%
- Television 82% 51%
- Mobile phone 76% 66%
- Computer with internet 1% 1%
- Two-wheeler 1% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 4%
- None of these assets 2% 14%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Gundi Boon?

■ Gundi Boon · ■ Sonawari rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 46.1% 45.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 934 939
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 812 856
- Working population 42.2% 40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.8% for men and 36.0% for women. 45% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 184 (21%) · ■ Farm labourers 16 (2%) · ■ Household industry 241 (28%) · ■ Other work 76 (9%) · ■ Marginal 355 (41%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Sonawari
- Push Wari 2,238 people
- Madwan 2,215 people
- Zal Pora 2,191 people
- Gund Khalil 2,164 people
- Shadi Pora 2,021 people
- Gada Khud 2,007 people
- Gund Nowgam 1,916 people
- Siri Hari Karan Gund 1,729 people

All 52 villages in Sonawari

## Quick answers
- How far is Gundi Boon from Bandipora? 36 km by road
- What is the population of Gundi Boon? 2,067 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gundi Boon in? Bandipore district (Sonawari sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Gundi Boon? 46.1% (Census 2011)

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