About Ardhan Village

Ardhan 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 645, made up of 351 males and 294 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 274.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ardhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ardhan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181201
Area (hectares)	274.8 hectares
Population	645
Male Population	351
Female Population	294
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	838
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ardhan compares

By the 2011 count Ardhan is the 121st largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 274.8 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Ardhan

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

Ardhan lies about 11 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bari Brahman, about 1.8 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 Ardhan
Nearest railway station	Bari Brahman	1.8 km
Nearest town	Jammu Cantonment	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	11 km
District headquarters	Jammu	11 km

Villages closest to Ardhan

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 Ardhan

As per the Census of India 2011, Ardhan village had a population of 645. That makes it the 121st largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Ardhan village has 351 males and 294 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ardhan has about 838 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 Ardhan is 181201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ardhan covers 274.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Ardhan is Bari Brahman, about 1.8 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 Ardhan.

Ardhan is about 11 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ardhan is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Bari Brahman is about 1.8 km away. Jammu Cantonment is about 8.3 km away. Akhnoor is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.