About Nilagrar Village

Nilagrar is a mid sized village in Kangan tehsil, in the district of Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,085, made up of 582 males and 503 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 266.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 191203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nilagrar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nilagrar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Ganderbal
Tehsil	Kangan
Pincode	191203
Area (hectares)	266.7 hectares
Population	1,085
Male Population	582
Female Population	503
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	864
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Nilagrar compares

By the 2011 count Nilagrar is the 32nd largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,879 residents. Its 266.7 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Nilagrar

Nilagrar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Nilagrar 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Nilagrar from other places

Nilagrar lies about 11 km from Ganderbal, and the nearest railway station is Srinagar Railway Station, about 27 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 Nilagrar
Tehsil headquarters	Kangan	under 2 km
District headquarters	Ganderbal	11 km
Nearest railway station	Srinagar Railway Station	27 km

Villages closest to Nilagrar

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 Nilagrar

As per the Census of India 2011, Nilagrar village had a population of 1,085. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,879 residents.

Nilagrar village has 582 males and 503 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nilagrar has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Nilagrar is 191203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nilagrar covers 266.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Nilagrar is Srinagar Railway Station, about 27 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Nilagrar.

Nilagrar is about 11 km from Ganderbal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nilagrar is in Kangan tehsil of Ganderbal district. Kangan is about under 2 km away. Ganderbal is about 11 km away. Srinagar Railway Station is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.