About Qamar Village

Qamar is a large village in Dooru tehsil, in the district of Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,707, made up of 2,563 males and 2,144 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 428.6 hectares hectares.

Qamar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Qamar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Anantnag
Tehsil	Dooru
Area (hectares)	428.6 hectares
Population	4,707
Male Population	2,563
Female Population	2,144
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	837
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Qamar compares

By the 2011 count Qamar is the 11th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,731 residents. Its 428.6 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Qamar

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

How far is Qamar from other places

Qamar lies about 18 km from Anantnag, and the nearest railway station is Bijbiara, about 20 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 Qamar
Nearest town	Bijbehara	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dooru	18 km
District headquarters	Anantnag	18 km
Nearest railway station	Bijbiara	20 km

Villages closest to Qamar

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 Qamar

As per the Census of India 2011, Qamar village had a population of 4,707. That makes it the 11th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,731 residents.

Qamar village has 2,563 males and 2,144 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Qamar has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Qamar covers 428.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Qamar is Bijbiara, about 20 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Qamar.

Qamar is about 18 km from Anantnag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Qamar is in Dooru tehsil of Anantnag district. Bijbehara is about 17 km away. Dooru is about 18 km away. Anantnag is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.