About Najan Village

Najan is a mid sized village in Beerwah tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,029, made up of 581 males and 448 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 771 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Najan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Najan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Badgam
Tehsil	Beerwah
Pincode	193411
Area (hectares)	101.12 hectares
Population	1,029
Male Population	581
Female Population	448
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	771
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Najan compares

By the 2011 count Najan is the 52nd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents. Its 101.12 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 889.

Getting to Najan

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

Najan lies about 11 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 9.8 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 Najan
Tehsil headquarters	Beerwah	2.4 km
Nearest railway station	Naid Gaam Railway Station	9.8 km
District headquarters	Badgam	11 km
Nearest town	Soyībug	13 km

Villages closest to Najan

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.

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Common questions about Najan

As per the Census of India 2011, Najan village had a population of 1,029. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents.

Najan village has 581 males and 448 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Najan has about 771 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 Najan is 193411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Najan covers 101.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Najan is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 9.8 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 Najan.

Najan 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.

Najan is in Beerwah tehsil of Badgam district. Beerwah is about 2.4 km away. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about 9.8 km away. Badgam is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.