About Ahan Village

Ahan 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 930, made up of 451 males and 479 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117.1 hectares hectares.

Ahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ahan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Ganderbal
Tehsil	Lar
Area (hectares)	117.1 hectares
Population	930
Male Population	451
Female Population	479
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,062
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ahan compares

By the 2011 count Ahan is the 24th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,921 residents. Its 117.1 hectares work out to about 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Ahan

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

Ahan lies about 10 km from Ganderbal, and the nearest railway station is Pattan, about 12 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 Ahan
District headquarters	Ganderbal	10 km
Nearest railway station	Pattan	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lar	20 km

Villages closest to Ahan

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.

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Common questions about Ahan

As per the Census of India 2011, Ahan village had a population of 930. That makes it the 24th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,921 residents.

Ahan village has 451 males and 479 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ahan has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 879.

Ahan covers 117.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Ahan is Pattan, about 12 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 Ahan.

Ahan 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.

Ahan is in Lar tehsil of Ganderbal district. Ganderbal is about 10 km away. Pattan is about 12 km away. Lar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.