About Rathan Pur Village

Rathan Pur 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 700, made up of 369 males and 331 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 158.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rathan Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rathan Pur village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181202
Area (hectares)	158.2 hectares
Population	700
Male Population	369
Female Population	331
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rathan Pur compares

By the 2011 count Rathan Pur is the 110th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 158.2 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 Rathan Pur

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

Rathan Pur lies about 28 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Vijaypur Jammu, about 6.1 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 Rathan Pur
Nearest railway station	Vijaypur Jammu	6.1 km
Nearest town	Sāmba	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	28 km
District headquarters	Jammu	28 km

Villages closest to Rathan Pur

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 Rathan Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Rathan Pur village had a population of 700. That makes it the 110th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Rathan Pur village has 369 males and 331 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rathan Pur has about 897 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 Rathan Pur is 181202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rathan Pur covers 158.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rathan Pur falls under Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Rathan Pur is Vijaypur Jammu, about 6.1 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 Rathan Pur.

Rathan Pur 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.

Rathan Pur is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Vijaypur Jammu is about 6.1 km away. Sāmba is about 11 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.