About Pingiari Village

Pingiari is a large village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,522, made up of 1,875 males and 1,647 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1056.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pingiari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pingiari village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181201
Area (hectares)	1056.2 hectares
Population	3,522
Male Population	1,875
Female Population	1,647
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pingiari compares

By the 2011 count Pingiari 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 1056.2 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 Pingiari

Pingiari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pingiari as Available within 5 - 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 Pingiari from other places

Pingiari lies about 27 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 25 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 Pingiari
Nearest town	Akhnūr	6.1 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	27 km
District headquarters	Jammu	27 km

Villages closest to Pingiari

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 Pingiari

As per the Census of India 2011, Pingiari village had a population of 3,522. 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.

Pingiari village has 1,875 males and 1,647 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pingiari has about 878 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 Pingiari is 181201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pingiari covers 1056.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Pingiari is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 25 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Pingiari.

Pingiari is about 27 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pingiari is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 6.1 km away. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra is about 25 km away. Akhnoor is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.