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About Tarf Pain Village

Tarf Pain is a mid sized village in Kathua tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 536, made up of 278 males and 258 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 236 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tarf Pain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tarf Pain village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kathua
Tehsil Kathua
Pincode 184151
Area (hectares) 236 hectares
Population 536
Male Population 278
Female Population 258
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 928
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Tarf Pain compares

By the 2011 count Tarf Pain is the 80th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 861 residents. Its 236 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 889.

Getting to Tarf Pain

The census records public bus service for Tarf Pain 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Tarf Pain from other places

Tarf Pain lies about 8.6 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Budhi, about 9.4 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 Tarf Pain
Tehsil headquarters Kathua 8.6 km
Nearest railway station Budhi 9.4 km

Villages closest to Tarf Pain

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kathua 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 Tarf Pain

As per the Census of India 2011, Tarf Pain village had a population of 536. That makes it the 80th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 861 residents.

Tarf Pain village has 278 males and 258 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tarf Pain has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 889.

The pincode recorded for Tarf Pain is 184151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tarf Pain covers 236 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tarf Pain falls under Kathua tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Tarf Pain is Budhi, about 9.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Tarf Pain is about 8.6 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tarf Pain is in Kathua tehsil of Kathua district. Kathua is about 8.6 km away. Budhi is about 9.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tarf Bala (under 2 km), Drallan (1.6 km) and Air Wan (2.3 km).

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

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