Gurez Tehsil Population - Bandipore, Jammu & Kashmir

Gurez is a Tehsil located in Bandipore district of Jammu & Kashmir. It is one of 3 Tehsils of Bandipore district. There are 28 villages and 0 towns in Gurez Tehsil.

As per the Census India 2011, Gurez Tehsil has 5,026 households, population of 37,992 of which 22,978 are males and 15,014 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 6,085 which is 16.02% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Gurez Tehsil is around 653 compared to 889 which is average of Jammu & Kashmir state. The literacy rate of Gurez Tehsil is 59.17% out of which 71.38% males are literate and 40.49% females are literate. The total area of Gurez is 45 sq.km with population density of 851 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 100% of population lives in Urban area and 0 lives in Rural area. There are 0.27% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 81.84% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Gurez Tehsil.

Gurez Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	37,992	100%
Muslim	31,907	83.98%
Hindu	5,411	14.24%
Sikh	439	1.16%
Christian	137	0.36%
Religion not stated	79	0.21%
Buddhist	18	0.05%
Jain	1	0%
Other religions and persuasions	0	0%

Gurez Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area

Description	Urban	Rural
Number of households	0	5,026
Total Population	0	37,992
Population (%)	0	39.52%
Male Population	0	22,978
Female Population	0	15,014
Sex Ratio	0	653
Literacy (%)	0	59.17%

List of Villages in Gurez

Check out complete list of all villages of Gurez in Gurez district, Jammu & Kashmir

Gurez Population Facts

Number of Households	5,026
Population	37,992
Male Population	22,978 (60.48%)
Female Population	15,014 (39.52%)
Children Population	6,085
Area	45 km2
Population density/km2	851
Sex-ratio	653
Literacy	59.17%
Male Literacy	71.38%
Female Literacy	40.49%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	81.84%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	0.27%