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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Gulab Bagh is a village in Lar mandal, Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir, with a population of 1,214 across 201 households and a literacy rate of 60.5%. The village has 12 shops, 2 temples, a college, a fuel station, and a fast food outlet.
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- LGD code
- 2843
- Pincode
- 191201
- Post office
- Ganderbal
- Population
- 1,214
- Households
- 201
- Literacy rate
- 60.5%
- Sex ratio
- 974 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 537
- Distance to district centre
- 4 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Srinagar
- 11 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 659 km
- Nearest railway station
- Srinagar Railway Station · 17 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. M Ashraf Residential Clinic · 1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gulab Bagh compares
By population, Gulab Bagh ranks #15 of 22 villages in Lar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.5%
+8.2% vs mandal average
- Gulab Bagh
- 60.5%
- Lar mandal
- 52.3%
- Ganderbal district
- 48.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
974
+104 vs mandal average
- Gulab Bagh
- 974
- Lar mandal
- 870
Household size
people per home
6.0
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Gulab Bagh
- 6.0
- Lar mandal
- 6.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gulab Bagh at a glance
Gulab Bagh is a village of 1,214 people in 201 households (Census 2011) in Lar tehsil, Ganderbal district, Jammu And Kashmir, the 15th-largest of 22 villages in Lar tehsil. Literacy is 61%, 8 points above the tehsil average of 52% and the sex ratio is 974 women per 1,000 men. It lies 4 km from the Ganderbal district centre, 21 km from Ajas, the nearest town, 17 km from Srinagar Railway Station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 191201, served by Ganderbal post office; the LGD village code is 2843. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school, high school, primary health centre, bank. The village votes in Kangan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mian Mehar Ali. The population is estimated at 1,431 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Gulab Bagh
- LGD code
- 2843
- Pincode
- 191201
- Post office
- Ganderbal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,214
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,431
- Households
- 201
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 974
- Literacy rate
- 60.5%
- Coordinates
- 34.17680°N, 74.81951°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Srinagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kangan
- Member of Parliament
- Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mian Mehar Ali
- Block / Mandal
- Lar
- Nearest PHC
- Dr. M Ashraf Residential Clinic (1.2 km)
- Nearest bank
- J&K Bank Atm (1.3 km)
Getting there
How to reach Gulab Bagh
Distance to cities · straight line
- Srinagar11 kmcapital
- Delhi659 km
- Mumbai1690 km
- Kolkata1846 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSrinagar Railway Station17 km
- Bus stopNagbal Chowk2 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. M Ashraf Residential Clinic1 km
- ATM / bankJ&K Bank Atm1 km
- Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum Ahad Filling Petrol Pump1 km
- CollegeKidney College of Nursing<1 km
- Police stationKheerbawani Police station7 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Dr. M Ashraf Residential Clinic1.2 km
- Bank / ATM
- J&K Bank Atm1.3 km
- Petrol pump
- Hindustan Petroleum Ahad Filling Petrol Pump1.1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary school
- ✓ High school
- ✓ Primary health centre
- ✓ Bank
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Gulab Bagh
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Gulab Bagh
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🎓Kidney College of NursingCollege<1 km ↗
- 🎓Galacy Public Secondary SchoolHigh school1.1 km ↗
- 🏫Larks International Play Cum Preparatory SchoolSchool1.3 km ↗
- 🎓New Wave Public High SchoolHigh school1.7 km ↗
- 🏫Apple Montessori Pre-SchoolSchool2.6 km ↗
- 🏫Orange International Preparatory SchoolSchool2.8 km ↗
- 🏫Iqra International SchoolSchool3.0 km ↗
- 🏫Oasis Child Development CentreSchool3.0 km ↗
- 🏫Gulistan-I-Atfal SchoolSchool3.0 km ↗
- 🎓Usmania Model High SchoolHigh school3.0 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)