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About Shangrin Village

Shangrin is a mid sized village in Dooru tehsil, in the district of Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,751, made up of 893 males and 858 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 192219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shangrin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shangrin village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Anantnag
Tehsil Dooru
Pincode 192219
Area (hectares) 92.7 hectares
Population 1,751
Male Population 893
Female Population 858
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 961
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shangrin compares

By the 2011 count Shangrin is the 38th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,731 residents. Its 92.7 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Shangrin

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

How far is Shangrin from other places

Shangrin lies about 13 km from Anantnag, and the nearest railway station is Qazigund, about 4.6 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 Shangrin
Nearest railway station Qazigund 4.6 km
Nearest town Dooru Verinag 7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Dooru 13 km
District headquarters Anantnag 13 km

Villages closest to Shangrin

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.

Common questions about Shangrin

As per the Census of India 2011, Shangrin village had a population of 1,751. That makes it the 38th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,731 residents.

Shangrin village has 893 males and 858 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shangrin has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Shangrin is 192219. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shangrin covers 92.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Shangrin is Qazigund, about 4.6 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Shangrin.

Shangrin is about 13 km from Anantnag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shangrin is in Dooru tehsil of Anantnag district. Qazigund is about 4.6 km away. Dooru Verinag is about 7.5 km away. Dooru is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shanker Pora (1.9 km), Kriri Shah Abad (2.3 km) and Bragam (4.0 km).

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

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