About Khwas Pur Village

Khwas Pur is a small village in Bishnah tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 199, made up of 120 males and 79 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 658 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khwas Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khwas Pur village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Bishnah
Pincode	181131
Area (hectares)	41.3 hectares
Population	199
Male Population	120
Female Population	79
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	658
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khwas Pur compares

By the 2011 count Khwas Pur is the 91st largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 909 residents. Its 41.3 hectares work out to about 4.8 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 921.

Getting to Khwas Pur

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

Khwas Pur lies about 16 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Jammu Tawi, about 18 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 Khwas Pur
Nearest town	Raipur Domana	12 km
District headquarters	Jammu	16 km
Nearest railway station	Jammu Tawi	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bishnah	19 km

Villages closest to Khwas Pur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bishnah 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 Khwas Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Khwas Pur village had a population of 199. That makes it the 91st largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 909 residents.

Khwas Pur village has 120 males and 79 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khwas Pur has about 658 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

The pincode recorded for Khwas Pur is 181131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khwas Pur covers 41.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khwas Pur falls under Bishnah tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Khwas Pur is Jammu Tawi, about 18 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 Khwas Pur.

Khwas Pur is about 16 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khwas Pur is in Bishnah tehsil of Jammu district. Raipur Domana is about 12 km away. Jammu is about 16 km away. Jammu Tawi is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.