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About Pahar Pur Village

Pahar Pur is a small village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 77, made up of 37 males and 40 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,081 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pahar Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pahar Pur village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kathua
Tehsil Hiranagar
Pincode 184148
Area (hectares) 63 hectares
Population 77
Male Population 37
Female Population 40
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,081
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 Pahar Pur compares

By the 2011 count Pahar Pur is the 178th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 63 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Pahar Pur

Pahar Pur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Pahar Pur 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 Pahar Pur from other places

Pahar Pur lies about 20 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Parmanand, about 13 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 Pahar Pur
Nearest railway station Parmanand 13 km
Nearest town Dīnānagar 14 km
District headquarters Kathua 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Hiranagar 27 km

Villages closest to Pahar Pur

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 Pahar Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Pahar Pur village had a population of 77. That makes it the 178th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Pahar Pur village has 37 males and 40 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pahar Pur has about 1081 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Pahar Pur is 184148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pahar Pur covers 63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Pahar Pur is Parmanand, about 13 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 Pahar Pur.

Pahar Pur is about 20 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pahar Pur is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Parmanand is about 13 km away. Dīnānagar is about 14 km away. Kathua is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barmal (6.1 km), Muthi Hardu (8.0 km) and Chak Jangi (8.1 km).

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

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