About Khargam Village

Khargam 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 781, made up of 405 males and 376 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khargam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khargam village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Baramula
Tehsil	Pattan
Pincode	193121
Area (hectares)	152.2 hectares
Population	781
Male Population	405
Female Population	376
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	928
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khargam compares

By the 2011 count Khargam is the 70th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,230 residents. Its 152.2 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Khargam

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

Khargam 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 Khargam
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 Khargam

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.

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Common questions about Khargam

As per the Census of India 2011, Khargam village had a population of 781. That makes it the 70th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,230 residents.

Khargam village has 405 males and 376 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khargam has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 920.

The pincode recorded for Khargam is 193121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khargam covers 152.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khargam 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Khargam.

Khargam 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.

Khargam 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.