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About Dupt Yar Village

Dupt Yar is a mid sized village in Bijbehara tehsil, in the district of Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,612, made up of 818 males and 794 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 108.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 192124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dupt Yar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dupt Yar village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Anantnag
Tehsil Bijbehara
Pincode 192124
Area (hectares) 108.5 hectares
Population 1,612
Male Population 818
Female Population 794
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 971
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dupt Yar compares

By the 2011 count Dupt Yar is the 24th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,200 residents. Its 108.5 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Dupt Yar

Dupt Yar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dupt Yar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dupt Yar from other places

Dupt Yar lies about 33 km from Anantnag, and the nearest railway station is Kakapor, about 19 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Dupt Yar
Nearest town Pulwama 11 km
Nearest railway station Kakapor 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Bijbehara 27 km
District headquarters Anantnag 33 km

Villages closest to Dupt Yar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bijbehara tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Dupt Yar

As per the Census of India 2011, Dupt Yar village had a population of 1,612. That makes it the 24th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,200 residents.

Dupt Yar village has 818 males and 794 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dupt Yar has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Dupt Yar is 192124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dupt Yar covers 108.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dupt Yar falls under Bijbehara tehsil of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Dupt Yar is Kakapor, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Dupt Yar.

Dupt Yar is about 33 km from Anantnag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dupt Yar is in Bijbehara tehsil of Anantnag district. Pulwama is about 11 km away. Kakapor is about 19 km away. Bijbehara is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Niyana Gund Baba Khalil (4.7 km), Shala Gam (4.7 km) and Shiti Pora (15 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Dupt Yar today is likely to be higher.

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