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{{Short description|Village in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gulgam
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map = India Jammu and Kashmir#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India
| coordinates = {{coord|34.4711|74.1378|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|Union territory]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kupwara district|Kupwara]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 9679
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Urdu]], [[Hindi]], [[Dogri language|Dogri]], [[English language|English]]<ref>{{cite web |title=THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ACT, 2020 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/222037.pdf |website=The Gazette of India |access-date=21 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128235613/http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/222037.pdf |archive-date=28 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020 | work=Rising Kashmir | date=23 September 2020 | url=http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | access-date=21 August 2021 | archive-date=24 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141909/http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 193222<ref>{{cite web |title=GULGAM Pin Code |url=https://news.abplive.com/pincode/jammu-and-kashmir/kupwara/gulgam-pincode-193222.html |website=news.abplive.com |access-date=21 August 2022}}</ref>
| registration_plate = JK-09
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| native_name_lang = ur
| area_total_ha = 551.6
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'''Gulgam''' is a village in [[Kupwara district]], and the [[India]]n [[States and union territories of India|union territory]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Sahni |first=Sati |title=Kashmir underground |year=1999 |publisher=Har-Anand Publications |isbn=978-81-241-0637-2 |pages=248 |language=English}}</ref> The village is {{cvt|6|km}} away from [[Kupwara]]. There are 119 scheduled tribes persons of which 55 are females and 64 are males. Females constitute 46.22% and males constitute 53.78% of the scheduled tribes population. Scheduled tribes constitute 1.23% of the total population.

Population density of Gulgam is 1754.71 persons per square kilometer.

== Demographics ==
As of the [[2011 Census of India]], Gulgam village has a total population of 9,679 people including 4,944 males and 4,735 females. The literacy rate of the village is 49.40%.<ref>{{cite web |title=Primary census abstract at town, village and ward level, Jammu and Kashmir - District Kupwara - 2011 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/6192/download/9269/DDW_PCA0101_2011_MDDS%20with%20UI.xlsx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821205233/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/6192/download/9269/DDW_PCA0101_2011_MDDS%20with%20UI.xlsx |archive-date= 21 August 2022 |website=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=21 August 2022}}</ref> Male literate population is 2773, while female literate population is 2008. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Gulgam |url=https://indiadowntown.com/kupwara-district/gulgam/ |access-date=2025-10-14 |website=indiadowntown.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

== References ==

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[[Category:Cities and towns in Kupwara district]]
[[Category:Kupwara district]]
[[Category:Villages in Kupwara district]]

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