# Gul Badan Village, Tangmarg, Baramula (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Tangmarg, Baramula 

# Gul Badan

Gul Badan is a village in Tangmarg sub-district of Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **1,487 people in 111 households**, the 18th largest of 96 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.9%.

- 1,487people (2011)
- 111households
- 86.1%literacy
- 280females per 1,000 males

## Gul Badan PIN code and other codes

Gul Badan falls in Tangmarg sub-district, Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatHard Lchloo
- Community development blockTangmarg
- Census village code002611

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

## How far is Gul Badan from nearby towns?

- Tangmarg (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Baramulla (district HQ)27 km by road
- Gulmarg (nearest town)5 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 Gul Badan?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Gul Badan; 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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Khaipora
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pattan
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Tangmarg
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)12 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 Gul Badan known for?

The main crops are **apple**. About 77% of the 44 hectares of village land is sown, and 28 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 Gul Badan

Of every 100 households in Gul Badan in 2011, 91 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 94 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gul Badan · ■ Tangmarg rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**84%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**12%

Tap water ****100%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**55%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****0%**

**67%

Television ****71%**

**53%

Mobile phone ****94%**

**77%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**6%

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

**10%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Gul Badan?

■ Gul Badan · ■ Tangmarg rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.1%**

**60.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****280**

**897

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1014**

**879

Working population ****67.9%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.3% for men and 50.6% for women. 83% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 78 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (2%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 878 (87%) · **■** Marginal 33 (3%)

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 Tangmarg

- Taj Pora1,759 people
- Goni Pora1,732 people
- Dewa Bug1,683 people
- Dhobiwan1,641 people
- Dewa Pora1,444 people
- Hardu Bani1,411 people
- Gulab Bagh1,390 people
- Sharai1,363 people

[All 96 villages in Tangmarg](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/baramula/tangmarg/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gul Badan from Baramulla?27 km by road
- What is the population of Gul Badan?1,487 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gul Badan in?Baramula district (Tangmarg sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Gul Badan?86.1% (Census 2011)