About Kaprin Village

Kaprin is a large village in Dooru tehsil, in the district of Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,646, made up of 1,961 males and 1,685 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 189.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 192212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kaprin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kaprin village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Anantnag
Tehsil	Dooru
Pincode	192212
Area (hectares)	189.4 hectares
Population	3,646
Male Population	1,961
Female Population	1,685
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	859
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kaprin compares

By the 2011 count Kaprin is the 16th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,731 residents. Its 189.4 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Kaprin

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

How far is Kaprin from other places

Kaprin lies about 25 km from Dooru, and the nearest railway station is Anantnag, about 21 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 Kaprin
Nearest town	Kulgam	12 km
Nearest railway station	Anantnag	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dooru	25 km

Villages closest to Kaprin

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

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Common questions about Kaprin

As per the Census of India 2011, Kaprin village had a population of 3,646. That makes it the 16th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,731 residents.

Kaprin village has 1,961 males and 1,685 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kaprin has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Kaprin is 192212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kaprin covers 189.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Kaprin falls under Dooru tehsil of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Kaprin is Anantnag, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kaprin.

Kaprin is about 25 km from Dooru in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kaprin is in Dooru tehsil of Anantnag district. Kulgam is about 12 km away. Anantnag is about 21 km away. Dooru is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.