About Nawshehra Village

Nawshehra is a mid sized village in Bashohli tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,877, made up of 1,002 males and 875 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 651 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nawshehra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nawshehra village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Bashohli
Pincode	184202
Area (hectares)	651 hectares
Population	1,877
Male Population	1,002
Female Population	875
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	873
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nawshehra compares

By the 2011 count Nawshehra is the 14th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,720 residents. Its 651 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 902.

Getting to Nawshehra

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

How far is Nawshehra from other places

Nawshehra lies about 16 km from Bashohli, and the nearest railway station is Kathua, 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 Nawshehra
Tehsil headquarters	Bashohli	16 km
Nearest railway station	Kathua	19 km

Villages closest to Nawshehra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nawshehra village had a population of 1,877. That makes it the 14th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,720 residents.

Nawshehra village has 1,002 males and 875 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nawshehra has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 902.

The pincode recorded for Nawshehra is 184202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nawshehra covers 651 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nawshehra falls under Bashohli tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Nawshehra is Kathua, 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 village for Nawshehra.

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

Nawshehra is in Bashohli tehsil of Kathua district. Bashohli is about 16 km away. Kathua is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.