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About Khai Yar Village

Khai Yar is a large village in Pahalgam tehsil, in the district of Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,247, made up of 1,202 males and 1,045 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 243.6 hectares hectares.

Khai Yar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khai Yar village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Anantnag
Tehsil Pahalgam
Area (hectares) 243.6 hectares
Population 2,247
Male Population 1,202
Female Population 1,045
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 869
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khai Yar compares

By the 2011 count Khai Yar is the 12th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,602 residents. Its 243.6 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Khai Yar

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

Khai Yar lies about 18 km from Anantnag. 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 Khai Yar
District headquarters Anantnag 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Pahalgam 22 km

Villages closest to Khai Yar

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.

Common questions about Khai Yar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khai Yar village had a population of 2,247. That makes it the 12th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,602 residents.

Khai Yar village has 1,202 males and 1,045 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khai Yar has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Khai Yar covers 243.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khai Yar falls under Pahalgam tehsil of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Khai Yar notes the nearest railway station 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 Khai Yar.

Khai Yar 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.

Khai Yar is in Pahalgam tehsil of Anantnag district. Anantnag is about 18 km away. Pahalgam is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dadran Khandi Pora (under 2 km), Yal (under 2 km) and Shum Hall (under 2 km).

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

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