About Dar Village

Dar is a small village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 122, made up of 66 males and 56 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185154, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	185154
Area (hectares)	58.7 hectares
Population	122
Male Population	66
Female Population	56
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dar compares

By the 2011 count Dar is the 196th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 58.7 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Dar

Dar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Dar from other places

Dar lies about 16 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bari Brahman, about 10 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 Dar
Nearest railway station	Bari Brahman	10 km
Nearest town	Jammu Cantonment	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	16 km
District headquarters	Jammu	16 km

Villages closest to Dar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Akhnoor 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 Dar

As per the Census of India 2011, Dar village had a population of 122. That makes it the 196th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Dar village has 66 males and 56 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dar has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Dar is 185154. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dar covers 58.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dar falls under Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Dar is Bari Brahman, about 10 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dar.

Dar is about 16 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dar is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Bari Brahman is about 10 km away. Jammu Cantonment is about 13 km away. Akhnoor is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.