About Maira Village

Maira is a large village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,053, made up of 1,035 males and 1,018 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 273.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maira village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181204
Area (hectares)	273.2 hectares
Population	2,053
Male Population	1,035
Female Population	1,018
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maira compares

By the 2011 count Maira is the 19th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 273.2 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Maira

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

Maira lies about 22 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 12 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 Maira
Nearest town	Akhnūr	8.6 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	22 km
District headquarters	Jammu	22 km

Villages closest to Maira

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 Maira

As per the Census of India 2011, Maira village had a population of 2,053. That makes it the 19th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Maira village has 1,035 males and 1,018 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maira has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Maira is 181204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maira covers 273.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Maira is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 12 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 Maira.

Maira is about 22 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maira is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 8.6 km away. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra is about 12 km away. Akhnoor is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.