About Ghar Village

Ghar is a mid sized village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,606, made up of 854 males and 752 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1400.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181201
Area (hectares)	1400.6 hectares
Population	1,606
Male Population	854
Female Population	752
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
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 Ghar compares

By the 2011 count Ghar is the 42nd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 1400.6 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Ghar

Ghar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Ghar 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 Ghar from other places

Ghar lies about 12 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bajalta, 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 Ghar
Nearest town	Raipur Domana	4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	12 km
District headquarters	Jammu	12 km
Nearest railway station	Bajalta	15 km

Villages closest to Ghar

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 Ghar

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghar village had a population of 1,606. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Ghar village has 854 males and 752 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghar has about 881 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 Ghar is 181201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghar covers 1400.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Ghar is Bajalta, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ghar.

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

Ghar is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Raipur Domana is about 4.5 km away. Akhnoor is about 12 km away. Jammu is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.