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About Khamsiyar Village

Khamsiyar is a mid sized village in Pattan tehsil, in the district of Baramula, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,152, made up of 586 males and 566 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 176 hectares hectares.

Khamsiyar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khamsiyar village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Baramula
Tehsil Pattan
Area (hectares) 176 hectares
Population 1,152
Male Population 586
Female Population 566
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 966
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khamsiyar compares

By the 2011 count Khamsiyar is the 55th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,230 residents. Its 176 hectares work out to about 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Khamsiyar

Khamsiyar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khamsiyar as Available within <5 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 Khamsiyar from other places

Khamsiyar lies about 51 km from Baramula, and the nearest railway station is Srinagar Railway Station, about 30 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 Khamsiyar
Nearest town Ganderbal 12 km
Nearest railway station Srinagar Railway Station 30 km
Tehsil headquarters Pattan 34 km
District headquarters Baramula 51 km

Villages closest to Khamsiyar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khamsiyar village had a population of 1,152. That makes it the 55th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,230 residents.

Khamsiyar village has 586 males and 566 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khamsiyar has about 966 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 920.

Khamsiyar covers 176 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khamsiyar falls under Pattan tehsil of Baramula district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Khamsiyar is Srinagar Railway Station, about 30 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 village for Khamsiyar.

Khamsiyar is about 51 km from Baramula in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khamsiyar is in Pattan tehsil of Baramula district. Ganderbal is about 12 km away. Srinagar Railway Station is about 30 km away. Pattan is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dard Pora (under 2 km), Dildar Pora (under 2 km) and Harhand Pora (under 2 km).

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

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