About Khamb Village

Khamb is a mid sized village in Ranbir Singh Pora tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 569, made up of 300 males and 269 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khamb Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khamb village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Ranbir Singh Pora
Pincode	181102
Area (hectares)	52.6 hectares
Population	569
Male Population	300
Female Population	269
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khamb compares

By the 2011 count Khamb is the 95th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,040 residents. Its 52.6 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Khamb

Khamb is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khamb as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Khamb from other places

Khamb lies about 16 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 19 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 Khamb
Nearest town	Akhnūr	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ranbir Singh Pora	16 km
District headquarters	Jammu	16 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	19 km

Villages closest to Khamb

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ranbir Singh Pora 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 Khamb

As per the Census of India 2011, Khamb village had a population of 569. That makes it the 95th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,040 residents.

Khamb village has 300 males and 269 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khamb has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 930.

The pincode recorded for Khamb is 181102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khamb covers 52.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khamb falls under Ranbir Singh Pora tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Khamb is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 19 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 10+ km distance for Khamb.

Khamb 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.

Khamb is in Ranbir Singh Pora tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 5.6 km away. Ranbir Singh Pora is about 16 km away. Jammu is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.