About Wata Lar Village

Wata Lar is a large village in Lar tehsil, in the district of Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,476, made up of 1,760 males and 1,716 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 360.6 hectares hectares.

Wata Lar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wata Lar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Ganderbal
Tehsil	Lar
Area (hectares)	360.6 hectares
Population	3,476
Male Population	1,760
Female Population	1,716
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	975
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Wata Lar compares

By the 2011 count Wata Lar is the 8th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,921 residents. Its 360.6 hectares work out to about 9.6 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 879.

Getting to Wata Lar

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

Wata Lar lies about 11 km from Ganderbal, and the nearest railway station is Srinagar Railway Station, about 29 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 Wata Lar
Tehsil headquarters	Lar	under 2 km
District headquarters	Ganderbal	11 km
Nearest railway station	Srinagar Railway Station	29 km

Villages closest to Wata Lar

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 Wata Lar

As per the Census of India 2011, Wata Lar village had a population of 3,476. That makes it the 8th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,921 residents.

Wata Lar village has 1,760 males and 1,716 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wata Lar has about 975 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 879.

Wata Lar covers 360.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Wata Lar is Srinagar Railway Station, about 29 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 Wata Lar.

Wata Lar 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.

Wata Lar is in Lar tehsil of Ganderbal district. Lar is about under 2 km away. Ganderbal is about 11 km away. Srinagar Railway Station is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.