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About Umar Khar Village

Umar Khar is a small village in Kokernag tehsil, in the district of Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 30, made up of 18 males and 12 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106 hectares hectares.

Umar Khar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umar Khar village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Anantnag
Tehsil Kokernag
Area (hectares) 106 hectares
Population 30
Male Population 18
Female Population 12
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 667
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Umar Khar compares

By the 2011 count Umar Khar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,278 residents. Its 106 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Umar Khar

Umar Khar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Umar Khar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Rakh Lissar, Sagam, Soaf Shalli and Takia Magam. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Umar Khar

As per the Census of India 2011, Umar Khar village had a population of 30. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,278 residents.

Umar Khar village has 18 males and 12 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umar Khar has about 667 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Umar Khar covers 106 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Umar Khar falls under Kokernag tehsil of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Umar Khar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Umar Khar is in Kokernag tehsil of Anantnag district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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