About Porajat Gagangir Village

Porajat Gagangir is a large village in Kangan tehsil, in the district of Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,755, made up of 1,415 males and 1,340 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 282.9 hectares hectares.

Porajat Gagangir Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porajat Gagangir village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Ganderbal
Tehsil	Kangan
Area (hectares)	282.9 hectares
Population	2,755
Male Population	1,415
Female Population	1,340
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Porajat Gagangir compares

By the 2011 count Porajat Gagangir is the 17th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,879 residents. Its 282.9 hectares work out to about 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Porajat Gagangir

Porajat Gagangir is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Porajat Gagangir as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Porajat Gagangir from other places

Porajat Gagangir lies about 39 km from Ganderbal, and the nearest railway station is Pampur, about 42 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 Porajat Gagangir
Tehsil headquarters	Kangan	27 km
District headquarters	Ganderbal	39 km
Nearest railway station	Pampur	42 km

Villages closest to Porajat Gagangir

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 Porajat Gagangir

As per the Census of India 2011, Porajat Gagangir village had a population of 2,755. That makes it the 17th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,879 residents.

Porajat Gagangir village has 1,415 males and 1,340 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porajat Gagangir has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 908.

Porajat Gagangir covers 282.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Porajat Gagangir is Pampur, about 42 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Porajat Gagangir.

Porajat Gagangir is about 39 km from Ganderbal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Porajat Gagangir is in Kangan tehsil of Ganderbal district. Kangan is about 27 km away. Ganderbal is about 39 km away. Pampur is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.