About Karshn Gam Village

Karshn Gam is a mid sized village in Pahalgam tehsil, in the district of Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,321, made up of 661 males and 660 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 998 females per 1000 males. The village covers 182.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 192129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karshn Gam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karshn Gam village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Anantnag
Tehsil	Pahalgam
Pincode	192129
Area (hectares)	182.1 hectares
Population	1,321
Male Population	661
Female Population	660
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	998
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karshn Gam compares

By the 2011 count Karshn Gam is the 25th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,602 residents. Its 182.1 hectares work out to about 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Karshn Gam

Karshn Gam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karshn Gam 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 Karshn Gam from other places

Karshn Gam lies about 16 km from Anantnag, and the nearest railway station is Bijbiara, about 18 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 Karshn Gam
Nearest town	Bijbehara	15 km
District headquarters	Anantnag	16 km
Nearest railway station	Bijbiara	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pahalgam	19 km

Villages closest to Karshn Gam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pahalgam 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 Karshn Gam

As per the Census of India 2011, Karshn Gam village had a population of 1,321. That makes it the 25th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,602 residents.

Karshn Gam village has 661 males and 660 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karshn Gam has about 998 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 965.

The pincode recorded for Karshn Gam is 192129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karshn Gam covers 182.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karshn Gam falls under Pahalgam tehsil of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Karshn Gam is Bijbiara, about 18 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 Karshn Gam.

Karshn Gam is about 16 km from Anantnag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karshn Gam is in Pahalgam tehsil of Anantnag district. Bijbehara is about 15 km away. Anantnag is about 16 km away. Bijbiara is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.