About Gandharwan Village

Gandharwan is a large village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,739, made up of 1,918 males and 1,821 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1426.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gandharwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandharwan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181201
Area (hectares)	1426.1 hectares
Population	3,739
Male Population	1,918
Female Population	1,821
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	949
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gandharwan compares

By the 2011 count Gandharwan is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 1426.1 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Gandharwan

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

Gandharwan lies about 28 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 21 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 Gandharwan
Nearest town	Akhnūr	6.7 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	28 km
District headquarters	Jammu	28 km

Villages closest to Gandharwan

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 Gandharwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandharwan village had a population of 3,739. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Gandharwan village has 1,918 males and 1,821 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandharwan has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Gandharwan is 181201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gandharwan covers 1426.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gandharwan is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 21 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 Gandharwan.

Gandharwan is about 28 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gandharwan is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 6.7 km away. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra is about 21 km away. Akhnoor is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.