Gogjigund is a
village
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and a
Panchayat Halqa in
Sherpathri
Sherpathri or Shairpathri (شیر پتھری) is one of the Blocks in District Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It was formed in 2014 by the J&K Govt and is located 5 km from the main town. It is one of 7 Blocks in the Ganderbal Dis ...
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of
Ganderbal district
The Ganderbal district, is an Indian-administered district in Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the ...
in the
union territory
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of
Jammu and Kashmir
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,
India
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. Most of the area in this village is under woods.
Geography
Gogjigund is located at , 7 km towards west from district headquarters in
Ganderbal
Ganderbal ( ; ) is a city and the headquarters of Ganderbal district in the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, in disputed Kashmir region. Ganderbal, renowned for its natural beauty and picturesque scenery, has popular ...
, 20 km from
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capital
Srinagar
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.
River Sind flows through the nearby forests located in the area.
Demographics
The population of Gogjigund is 574. Males constitute 51% of the total population while female constitute 49% of the total population.
The total geographical area of village is 42.9 hectares. Agriculture is the mainstay of the population. Urdu is the official language here, people also speak their native language (
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) as well as
English
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(both of which are also official, as well as
Hindi
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).
See also
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Ganderbal
Ganderbal ( ; ) is a city and the headquarters of Ganderbal district in the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, in disputed Kashmir region. Ganderbal, renowned for its natural beauty and picturesque scenery, has popular ...
*
Kangan
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Kheer Bhawani Temple
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Sherpathri
Sherpathri or Shairpathri (شیر پتھری) is one of the Blocks in District Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It was formed in 2014 by the J&K Govt and is located 5 km from the main town. It is one of 7 Blocks in the Ganderbal Dis ...
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Wakura
Wakura (''sometimes spelled'' Wakoora or Wakora) is a village located in the Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. In 2013 it was given tehsil status, with the tehsil headquarters located in Lar, 13 km away.
Geography
Wakura is loca ...
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Shallabugh
Shallabugh is a tourist village in Sherpathri, a block of Tullamulla tehsil of Central Kashmir's Ganderbal district in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir,
India.
Location
Shallabugh village is considered Sherpathri's largest village ...
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Paribal Shallabugh
Paribal or Paribal Shallabugh (Urdu: ) is a small notified village and human settlement, locality located between the Shallabugh and Chundina Deh Nowabad villages in the Sherpathri block of Tehsil Tulmulla, in the Ganderbal District of the Kashmir ...
References
Villages in Ganderbal district
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