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About Yan Goora Village

Yan Goora is one of the larger villages in Lar tehsil, in the district of Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,380, made up of 3,550 males and 2,830 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 797 females per 1000 males. The village covers 508.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 119113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yan Goora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yan Goora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Ganderbal
Tehsil Lar
Pincode 119113
Area (hectares) 508.3 hectares
Population 6,380
Male Population 3,550
Female Population 2,830
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 797
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yan Goora compares

By the 2011 count Yan Goora is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,921 residents. Its 508.3 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Yan Goora

Yan Goora is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Yan Goora as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Yan Goora from other places

Yan Goora lies about 6.9 km from Ganderbal, and the nearest railway station is Pattan, about 15 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 Yan Goora
District headquarters Ganderbal 6.9 km
Nearest railway station Pattan 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Lar 17 km

Villages closest to Yan Goora

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 Yan Goora

As per the Census of India 2011, Yan Goora village had a population of 6,380. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,921 residents.

Yan Goora village has 3,550 males and 2,830 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yan Goora has about 797 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 879.

The pincode recorded for Yan Goora is 119113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yan Goora covers 508.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Yan Goora is Pattan, about 15 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Yan Goora.

Yan Goora is about 6.9 km from Ganderbal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yan Goora is in Lar tehsil of Ganderbal district. Ganderbal is about 6.9 km away. Pattan is about 15 km away. Lar is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Latiwaza (under 2 km), Kur Hama (under 2 km) and Badam Pora (1.5 km).

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

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