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About Syed Garh Village

Syed Garh is a mid sized village in Bishnah tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 680, made up of 342 males and 338 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 164.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Syed Garh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Syed Garh village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Jammu
Tehsil Bishnah
Pincode 181131
Area (hectares) 164.3 hectares
Population 680
Male Population 342
Female Population 338
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 988
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Syed Garh compares

By the 2011 count Syed Garh is the 49th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 909 residents. Its 164.3 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Syed Garh

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

Syed Garh lies about 9.0 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bajalta, about 5.7 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 Syed Garh
Nearest railway station Bajalta 5.7 km
Nearest town Jammu Cantonment 8.7 km
District headquarters Jammu 9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Bishnah 14 km

Villages closest to Syed Garh

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.

Common questions about Syed Garh

As per the Census of India 2011, Syed Garh village had a population of 680. That makes it the 49th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 909 residents.

Syed Garh village has 342 males and 338 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Syed Garh has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 921.

The pincode recorded for Syed Garh is 181131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Syed Garh covers 164.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Syed Garh falls under Bishnah tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Syed Garh is Bajalta, about 5.7 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Syed Garh.

Syed Garh is about 9.0 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Syed Garh is in Bishnah tehsil of Jammu district. Bajalta is about 5.7 km away. Jammu Cantonment is about 8.7 km away. Jammu is about 9.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kotli Bagbana (4.0 km), Kotli Kuzian (4.0 km) and Chak Wagira Aryian (7.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Syed Garh today is likely to be higher.

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