About Anderwan Village

Anderwan is a large village in Kangan tehsil, in the district of Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,096, made up of 1,561 males and 1,535 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 231.9 hectares hectares.

Anderwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anderwan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Ganderbal
Tehsil	Kangan
Area (hectares)	231.9 hectares
Population	3,096
Male Population	1,561
Female Population	1,535
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	983
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Anderwan compares

By the 2011 count Anderwan is the 12th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,879 residents. Its 231.9 hectares work out to about 13 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 908.

Getting to Anderwan

Anderwan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Anderwan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Anderwan from other places

Anderwan lies about 10 km from Ganderbal, and the nearest railway station is Pattan, about 28 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 Anderwan
Tehsil headquarters	Kangan	9.6 km
District headquarters	Ganderbal	10 km
Nearest railway station	Pattan	28 km

Villages closest to Anderwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Anderwan village had a population of 3,096. That makes it the 12th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,879 residents.

Anderwan village has 1,561 males and 1,535 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anderwan has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 908.

Anderwan covers 231.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Anderwan falls under Kangan tehsil of Ganderbal district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Anderwan is Pattan, about 28 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 5 - 10 km distance for Anderwan.

Anderwan is about 10 km from Ganderbal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anderwan is in Kangan tehsil of Ganderbal district. Kangan is about 9.6 km away. Ganderbal is about 10 km away. Pattan is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.