About Khanda Village

Khanda is a large village in Chadoora tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,330, made up of 1,690 males and 1,640 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 201.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 192121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanda village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Badgam
Tehsil	Chadoora
Pincode	192121
Area (hectares)	201.1 hectares
Population	3,330
Male Population	1,690
Female Population	1,640
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	970
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanda compares

By the 2011 count Khanda is the 11th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents. Its 201.1 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Khanda

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

Khanda lies about 14 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Pampur, about 3.6 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 Khanda
Nearest railway station	Pampur	3.6 km
Nearest town	Pāmpur	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chadoora	7.4 km
District headquarters	Badgam	14 km

Villages closest to Khanda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanda village had a population of 3,330. That makes it the 11th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents.

Khanda village has 1,690 males and 1,640 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanda has about 970 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 924.

The pincode recorded for Khanda is 192121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanda covers 201.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khanda falls under Chadoora tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Khanda is Pampur, about 3.6 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khanda.

Khanda is about 14 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanda is in Chadoora tehsil of Badgam district. Pampur is about 3.6 km away. Pāmpur is about 6.5 km away. Chadoora is about 7.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.