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About Dewa Dragar Village

Dewa Dragar is a mid sized village in Tangmarg tehsil, in the district of Baramula, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 635, made up of 351 males and 284 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 809 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73.6 hectares hectares.

Dewa Dragar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dewa Dragar village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Baramula
Tehsil Tangmarg
Area (hectares) 73.6 hectares
Population 635
Male Population 351
Female Population 284
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 809
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dewa Dragar compares

By the 2011 count Dewa Dragar is the 53rd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,025 residents. Its 73.6 hectares work out to about 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Dewa Dragar

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

Dewa Dragar lies about 27 km from Baramula, and the nearest railway station is Mazhom, about 1.9 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 Dewa Dragar
Nearest railway station Mazhom 1.9 km
Nearest town Soyībug 9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Tangmarg 17 km
District headquarters Baramula 27 km

Villages closest to Dewa Dragar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tangmarg 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 Dewa Dragar

As per the Census of India 2011, Dewa Dragar village had a population of 635. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,025 residents.

Dewa Dragar village has 351 males and 284 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dewa Dragar has about 809 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

Dewa Dragar covers 73.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dewa Dragar falls under Tangmarg tehsil of Baramula district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Dewa Dragar is Mazhom, about 1.9 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 Dewa Dragar.

Dewa Dragar is about 27 km from Baramula in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dewa Dragar is in Tangmarg tehsil of Baramula district. Mazhom is about 1.9 km away. Soyībug is about 9.8 km away. Tangmarg is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Turka Batapora (under 2 km), Darweshpora (2.5 km) and Chak Mirza Jamadar (3.2 km).

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

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