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About Dragar Village

Dragar is a small village in Beerwah tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 418, made up of 255 males and 163 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 639 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dragar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dragar village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Beerwah
Pincode 193411
Area (hectares) 80.9 hectares
Population 418
Male Population 255
Female Population 163
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 639
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dragar compares

By the 2011 count Dragar is the 89th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents. Its 80.9 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 889.

Getting to Dragar

Dragar is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Dragar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Dragar from other places

Dragar lies about 11 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 5.2 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 Dragar
Tehsil headquarters Beerwah 4.2 km
Nearest railway station Naid Gaam Railway Station 5.2 km
Nearest town Soyībug 9.3 km
District headquarters Badgam 11 km

Villages closest to Dragar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dragar village had a population of 418. That makes it the 89th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents.

Dragar village has 255 males and 163 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dragar has about 639 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 889.

The pincode recorded for Dragar is 193411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dragar covers 80.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dragar falls under Beerwah tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Dragar is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 5.2 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 <5 km distance for Dragar.

Dragar is about 11 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dragar is in Beerwah tehsil of Badgam district. Beerwah is about 4.2 km away. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about 5.2 km away. Soyībug is about 9.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mani Hama (under 2 km), Wani Hama (under 2 km) and Miri Pora (under 2 km).

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

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