About Alam Nag Village

Alam Nag is a small village in Khag tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 491, made up of 245 males and 246 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alam Nag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alam Nag village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Badgam
Tehsil	Khag
Pincode	193411
Area (hectares)	131.5 hectares
Population	491
Male Population	245
Female Population	246
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alam Nag compares

By the 2011 count Alam Nag is the 35th largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,354 residents. Its 131.5 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Alam Nag

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

Alam Nag lies about 12 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Mazhom, about 1.7 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 Alam Nag
Nearest railway station	Mazhom	1.7 km
Nearest town	Soyībug	7.1 km
District headquarters	Badgam	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khag	16 km

Villages closest to Alam Nag

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khag 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 Alam Nag

As per the Census of India 2011, Alam Nag village had a population of 491. That makes it the 35th largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,354 residents.

Alam Nag village has 245 males and 246 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alam Nag has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 968.

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

Alam Nag covers 131.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alam Nag falls under Khag tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Alam Nag is Mazhom, about 1.7 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Alam Nag.

Alam Nag is about 12 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alam Nag is in Khag tehsil of Badgam district. Mazhom is about 1.7 km away. Soyībug is about 7.1 km away. Badgam is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.