About Maharaj Pur Village

Maharaj Pur is a mid sized village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 571, made up of 294 males and 277 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 165 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maharaj Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maharaj Pur village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Hiranagar
Pincode	184148
Area (hectares)	165 hectares
Population	571
Male Population	294
Female Population	277
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maharaj Pur compares

By the 2011 count Maharaj Pur is the 79th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 165 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 904.

Getting to Maharaj Pur

Maharaj Pur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maharaj Pur 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 Maharaj Pur from other places

Maharaj Pur lies about 18 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Chhan Arorian, about 12 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 Maharaj Pur
Nearest railway station	Chhan Arorian	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hiranagar	12 km
District headquarters	Kathua	18 km

Villages closest to Maharaj 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.

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Common questions about Maharaj Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Maharaj Pur village had a population of 571. That makes it the 79th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Maharaj Pur village has 294 males and 277 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maharaj Pur has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 904.

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

Maharaj Pur covers 165 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Maharaj Pur is Chhan Arorian, about 12 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 Maharaj Pur.

Maharaj Pur is about 18 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maharaj Pur is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Chhan Arorian is about 12 km away. Hiranagar is about 12 km away. Kathua is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.