About Platan Village

Platan 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 1,790, made up of 889 males and 901 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 423.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Platan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Platan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181204
Area (hectares)	423.3 hectares
Population	1,790
Male Population	889
Female Population	901
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Platan compares

By the 2011 count Platan is the 32nd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 423.3 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Platan

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

Platan lies about 20 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 Platan
Nearest town	Akhnūr	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	20 km
District headquarters	Jammu	20 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	21 km

Villages closest to Platan

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 Platan

As per the Census of India 2011, Platan village had a population of 1,790. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Platan village has 889 males and 901 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Platan has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Platan is 181204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Platan covers 423.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Platan 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Platan.

Platan is about 20 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Platan is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about under 2 km away. Akhnoor is about 20 km away. Jammu is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.