About Phikar Village

Phikar 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 1,069, made up of 583 males and 486 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 834 females per 1000 males. The village covers 753 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phikar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phikar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Bashohli
Pincode	184201
Area (hectares)	753 hectares
Population	1,069
Male Population	583
Female Population	486
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	834
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 Phikar compares

By the 2011 count Phikar is the 30th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,720 residents. Its 753 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 902.

Getting to Phikar

Phikar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Phikar 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Phikar from other places

Phikar lies about 41 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Budhi, about 36 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 Phikar
Tehsil headquarters	Bashohli	30 km
Nearest railway station	Budhi	36 km
District headquarters	Kathua	41 km

Villages closest to Phikar

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 Phikar

As per the Census of India 2011, Phikar village had a population of 1,069. That makes it the 30th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,720 residents.

Phikar village has 583 males and 486 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phikar has about 834 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 902.

The pincode recorded for Phikar is 184201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Phikar covers 753 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Phikar is Budhi, about 36 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Phikar.

Phikar is about 41 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phikar is in Bashohli tehsil of Kathua district. Bashohli is about 30 km away. Budhi is about 36 km away. Kathua is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.