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About Semithan Village

Semithan is a large village in Bijbehara tehsil, in the district of Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,213, made up of 1,107 males and 1,106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 999 females per 1000 males. The village covers 465.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 192124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Semithan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Semithan village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Anantnag
Tehsil Bijbehara
Pincode 192124
Area (hectares) 465.4 hectares
Population 2,213
Male Population 1,107
Female Population 1,106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 999
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Semithan compares

By the 2011 count Semithan is the 16th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,200 residents. Its 465.4 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Semithan

Semithan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Semithan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Semithan from other places

Semithan lies about 10 km from Anantnag, and the nearest railway station is Bijbiara, about 2.5 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 Semithan
Tehsil headquarters Bijbehara 1.7 km
Nearest railway station Bijbiara 2.5 km
District headquarters Anantnag 10 km

Villages closest to Semithan

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 Semithan

As per the Census of India 2011, Semithan village had a population of 2,213. That makes it the 16th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,200 residents.

Semithan village has 1,107 males and 1,106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Semithan has about 999 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

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

Semithan covers 465.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Semithan is Bijbiara, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Semithan.

Semithan is about 10 km from Anantnag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Semithan is in Bijbehara tehsil of Anantnag district. Bijbehara is about 1.7 km away. Bijbiara is about 2.5 km away. Anantnag is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kitriteng (under 2 km), Tula Khan (1.8 km) and Waghama (1.8 km).

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

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