About Kachhir Village

Kachhir is a mid sized village in Billawar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,399, made up of 732 males and 667 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 623 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kachhir Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kachhir village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Billawar
Pincode	184205
Area (hectares)	623 hectares
Population	1,399
Male Population	732
Female Population	667
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	911
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kachhir compares

By the 2011 count Kachhir is the 52nd largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents. Its 623 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Kachhir

Kachhir is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kachhir as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Kachhir from other places

Kachhir 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 Kachhir
Tehsil headquarters	Billawar	12 km
Nearest railway station	Budhi	36 km
District headquarters	Kathua	41 km

Villages closest to Kachhir

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kachhir village had a population of 1,399. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents.

Kachhir village has 732 males and 667 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kachhir has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Kachhir is 184205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kachhir covers 623 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kachhir falls under Billawar tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Kachhir 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kachhir.

Kachhir 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.

Kachhir is in Billawar tehsil of Kathua district. Billawar is about 12 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.