About Dawar Village

Dawar is a large village in Gurez tehsil, in the district of Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,253, made up of 3,038 males and 1,215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 400 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110.9 hectares hectares.

Dawar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dawar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Bandipore
Tehsil	Gurez
Area (hectares)	110.9 hectares
Population	4,253
Male Population	3,038
Female Population	1,215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	400
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dawar compares

By the 2011 count Dawar is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents. Its 110.9 hectares work out to about 38 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 822.

Getting to Dawar

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

Dawar lies about 30 km from Bandipore, and the nearest railway station is Hamre, about 54 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 Dawar
Tehsil headquarters	Gurez	5.2 km
District headquarters	Bandipore	30 km
Nearest town	Bandipura	30 km
Nearest railway station	Hamre	54 km

Villages closest to Dawar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dawar village had a population of 4,253. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents.

Dawar village has 3,038 males and 1,215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dawar has about 400 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 822.

Dawar covers 110.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 38 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Dawar falls under Gurez tehsil of Bandipore district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Dawar is Hamre, about 54 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 Dawar.

Dawar is about 30 km from Bandipore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dawar is in Gurez tehsil of Bandipore district. Gurez is about 5.2 km away. Bandipore is about 30 km away. Bandipura is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.