About Rah Village

Rah 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 1,877, made up of 994 males and 883 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1465 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185153, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rah village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	185153
Area (hectares)	1465 hectares
Population	1,877
Male Population	994
Female Population	883
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rah compares

By the 2011 count Rah is the 29th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 1465 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 Rah

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

Rah lies about 12 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bari Brahman, about under 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 Rah
Nearest railway station	Bari Brahman	under 2 km
Nearest town	Jammu Cantonment	8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	12 km
District headquarters	Jammu	12 km

Villages closest to Rah

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 Rah

As per the Census of India 2011, Rah village had a population of 1,877. That makes it the 29th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Rah village has 994 males and 883 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rah has about 888 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 Rah is 185153. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rah covers 1465 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Rah is Bari Brahman, about under 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 Rah.

Rah 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.

Rah is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Bari Brahman is about under 2 km away. Jammu Cantonment is about 8.9 km away. Akhnoor is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.