About Sahar Village

Sahar 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 1,613, made up of 846 males and 767 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 595.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sahar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181203
Area (hectares)	595.7 hectares
Population	1,613
Male Population	846
Female Population	767
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sahar compares

By the 2011 count Sahar is the 41st largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 595.7 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Sahar

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

Sahar lies about 30 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 16 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 Sahar
Nearest town	Akhnūr	11 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	30 km
District headquarters	Jammu	30 km

Villages closest to Sahar

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 Sahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Sahar village had a population of 1,613. That makes it the 41st largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Sahar village has 846 males and 767 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sahar has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Sahar is 181203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sahar covers 595.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sahar is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 16 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 10+ km distance for Sahar.

Sahar is about 30 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sahar is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 11 km away. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra is about 16 km away. Akhnoor is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.