About Farona Village

Farona is a mid sized village in Sanku tehsil, in the district of Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 893, made up of 471 males and 422 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 167.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 194103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Farona Overview

Census 2011 figures for Farona village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kargil
Tehsil	Sanku
Pincode	194103
Area (hectares)	167.1 hectares
Population	893
Male Population	471
Female Population	422
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Farona compares

By the 2011 count Farona is the 18th largest of the 36 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents. Its 167.1 hectares work out to about 5.3 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 943.

Getting to Farona

Farona is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Farona as Available within 10+ km distance. 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. The nearest villages by name are Achambur, Barsoo, Barto and Chosker Suru. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Farona

As per the Census of India 2011, Farona village had a population of 893. That makes it the 18th largest of the 36 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents.

Farona village has 471 males and 422 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Farona has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Farona is 194103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Farona covers 167.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Farona falls under Sanku tehsil of Kargil district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Farona notes the nearest railway station 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 10+ km distance for Farona.

Farona is in Sanku tehsil of Kargil district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.