About Gulab Garh Village

Gulab Garh is a mid sized village in Atholi tehsil, in the district of Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,195, made up of 645 males and 550 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 853 females per 1000 males. The village covers 538.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gulab Garh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gulab Garh village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kishtwar
Tehsil	Atholi
Pincode	182204
Area (hectares)	538.2 hectares
Population	1,195
Male Population	645
Female Population	550
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	853
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 Gulab Garh compares

By the 2011 count Gulab Garh is the 6th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 673 residents. Its 538.2 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Gulab Garh

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

Gulab Garh lies about 37 km from Kishtwar, and the nearest railway station is Banihal, about 93 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 Gulab Garh
Tehsil headquarters	Atholi	under 2 km
District headquarters	Kishtwar	37 km
Nearest town	Kishtwār	37 km
Nearest railway station	Banihal	93 km

Villages closest to Gulab Garh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Atholi 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 Gulab Garh

As per the Census of India 2011, Gulab Garh village had a population of 1,195. That makes it the 6th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 673 residents.

Gulab Garh village has 645 males and 550 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gulab Garh has about 853 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

The pincode recorded for Gulab Garh is 182204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gulab Garh covers 538.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gulab Garh falls under Atholi tehsil of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Gulab Garh is Banihal, about 93 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 Gulab Garh.

Gulab Garh is about 37 km from Kishtwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gulab Garh is in Atholi tehsil of Kishtwar district. Atholi is about under 2 km away. Kishtwar is about 37 km away. Kishtwār is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.