About Nara Village

Nara is a small village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 242, made up of 133 males and 109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 820 females per 1000 males. The village covers 185.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nara village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181122
Area (hectares)	185.4 hectares
Population	242
Male Population	133
Female Population	109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	820
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nara compares

By the 2011 count Nara is the 182nd 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 185.4 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 Nara

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

Nara lies about 9.5 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bajalta, about 4.2 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 Nara
Nearest railway station	Bajalta	4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	9.5 km
District headquarters	Jammu	9.5 km

Villages closest to Nara

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 Nara

As per the Census of India 2011, Nara village had a population of 242. That makes it the 182nd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Nara village has 133 males and 109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nara has about 820 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 Nara is 181122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nara covers 185.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Nara is Bajalta, about 4.2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Nara.

Nara is about 9.5 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nara is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Bajalta is about 4.2 km away. Akhnoor is about 9.5 km away. Jammu is about 9.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.