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About Khurar Village

Khurar is a small village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 206, made up of 101 males and 105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khurar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khurar village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kathua
Tehsil Hiranagar
Pincode 184144
Area (hectares) 27 hectares
Population 206
Male Population 101
Female Population 105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,040
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khurar compares

By the 2011 count Khurar is the 157th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 27 hectares work out to about 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Khurar

The census records public bus service for Khurar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khurar from other places

Khurar lies about 24 km from Hiranagar, and the nearest railway station is Kathua, about 4.3 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 Khurar
Nearest railway station Kathua 4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Hiranagar 24 km

Villages closest to Khurar

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

Common questions about Khurar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khurar village had a population of 206. That makes it the 157th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Khurar village has 101 males and 105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khurar has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Khurar is 184144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khurar covers 27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khurar falls under Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Khurar is Kathua, about 4.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khurar.

Khurar is about 24 km from Hiranagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khurar is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Kathua is about 4.3 km away. Hiranagar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mandleyal (2.7 km), Amala (3.2 km) and Bhati Mehru (5.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khurar today is likely to be higher.

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