About Brah Village

Brah is a large village in Shangus tehsil, in the district of Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,966, made up of 1,605 males and 1,361 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 436.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 192201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Brah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Brah village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Anantnag
Tehsil	Shangus
Pincode	192201
Area (hectares)	436.3 hectares
Population	2,966
Male Population	1,605
Female Population	1,361
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Brah compares

By the 2011 count Brah is the 8th largest of the 25 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,649 residents. Its 436.3 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Brah

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

Brah lies about 13 km from Anantnag, and the nearest railway station is Sadura, about 16 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 Brah
Tehsil headquarters	Shangus	5.1 km
District headquarters	Anantnag	13 km
Nearest railway station	Sadura	16 km

Villages closest to Brah

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shangus 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 Brah

As per the Census of India 2011, Brah village had a population of 2,966. That makes it the 8th largest of the 25 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,649 residents.

Brah village has 1,605 males and 1,361 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Brah has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 911.

The pincode recorded for Brah is 192201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Brah covers 436.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Brah falls under Shangus tehsil of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Brah is Sadura, about 16 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 Brah.

Brah 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.

Brah is in Shangus tehsil of Anantnag district. Shangus is about 5.1 km away. Anantnag is about 13 km away. Sadura is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.