About Jar Village

Jar is a small village in Atholi tehsil, in the district of Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 381, made up of 205 males and 176 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kishtwar
Tehsil	Atholi
Pincode	182204
Area (hectares)	58.3 hectares
Population	381
Male Population	205
Female Population	176
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	859
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jar compares

By the 2011 count Jar is the 22nd largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 673 residents. Its 58.3 hectares work out to about 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Jar

Jar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jar as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Jar from other places

Jar lies about 25 km from Kishtwar, and the nearest railway station is Udhampur, about 78 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 Jar
Tehsil headquarters	Atholi	25 km
District headquarters	Kishtwar	25 km
Nearest town	Kishtwār	25 km
Nearest railway station	Udhampur	78 km

Villages closest to Jar

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 Jar

As per the Census of India 2011, Jar village had a population of 381. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 673 residents.

Jar village has 205 males and 176 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jar has about 859 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 Jar is 182204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jar covers 58.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Jar is Udhampur, about 78 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 village for Jar.

Jar is about 25 km from Kishtwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jar is in Atholi tehsil of Kishtwar district. Atholi is about 25 km away. Kishtwar is about 25 km away. Kishtwār is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.