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About Khar Bagh Village

Khar Bagh is a mid sized village in Lar tehsil, in the district of Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 589, made up of 309 males and 280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 28.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khar Bagh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khar Bagh village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Ganderbal
Tehsil Lar
Pincode 193501
Area (hectares) 28.7 hectares
Population 589
Male Population 309
Female Population 280
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 906
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khar Bagh compares

By the 2011 count Khar Bagh is the 31st largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,921 residents. Its 28.7 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Khar Bagh

Khar Bagh is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khar Bagh as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Khar Bagh from other places

Khar Bagh lies about 12 km from Ganderbal, 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 Khar Bagh
Tehsil headquarters Lar under 2 km
District headquarters Ganderbal 12 km
Nearest railway station Srinagar Railway Station 30 km

Villages closest to Khar Bagh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lar 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 Khar Bagh

As per the Census of India 2011, Khar Bagh village had a population of 589. That makes it the 31st largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,921 residents.

Khar Bagh village has 309 males and 280 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khar Bagh has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 879.

The pincode recorded for Khar Bagh is 193501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khar Bagh covers 28.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khar Bagh falls under Lar tehsil of Ganderbal district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Khar Bagh 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khar Bagh.

Khar Bagh is about 12 km from Ganderbal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khar Bagh is in Lar tehsil of Ganderbal district. Lar is about under 2 km away. Ganderbal is about 12 km away. Srinagar Railway Station is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gamwara (under 2 km), Rakh Rabitar (under 2 km) and Wata Lar (under 2 km).

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

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