About Reka Village

Reka is a mid sized village in Jammu tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 726, made up of 392 males and 334 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 298.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 180006, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Reka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Reka village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Jammu
Pincode	180006
Area (hectares)	298.3 hectares
Population	726
Male Population	392
Female Population	334
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	852
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Reka compares

By the 2011 count Reka is the 136th largest of the 304 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 918 residents. Its 298.3 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 919.

Getting to Reka

Reka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Reka 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Reka from other places

Reka lies about 21 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Vijaypur Jammu, about 8.5 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 Reka
Nearest railway station	Vijaypur Jammu	8.5 km
Nearest town	Sāmba	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jammu	21 km

Villages closest to Reka

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jammu 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 Reka

As per the Census of India 2011, Reka village had a population of 726. That makes it the 136th largest of the 304 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 918 residents.

Reka village has 392 males and 334 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Reka has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Reka is 180006. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Reka covers 298.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Reka falls under Jammu tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Reka is Vijaypur Jammu, about 8.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Reka.

Reka is about 21 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Reka is in Jammu tehsil of Jammu district. Vijaypur Jammu is about 8.5 km away. Sāmba is about 18 km away. Jammu is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.