About Godhan Village

Godhan 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 761, made up of 407 males and 354 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 448 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Godhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Godhan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181201
Area (hectares)	448 hectares
Population	761
Male Population	407
Female Population	354
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	870
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Godhan compares

By the 2011 count Godhan is the 103rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 448 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 Godhan

Godhan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Godhan as Available within 10+ 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 Godhan from other places

Godhan lies about 32 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 18 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 Godhan
Nearest town	Akhnūr	12 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	32 km
District headquarters	Jammu	32 km

Villages closest to Godhan

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 Godhan

As per the Census of India 2011, Godhan village had a population of 761. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Godhan village has 407 males and 354 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Godhan has about 870 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 Godhan is 181201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Godhan covers 448 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Godhan is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 18 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 village for Godhan.

Godhan is about 32 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Godhan is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 12 km away. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra is about 18 km away. Akhnoor is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.