About Batwas Village

Batwas is a small village in Atholi tehsil, in the district of Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 259, made up of 125 males and 134 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,072 females per 1000 males. The village covers 964.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Batwas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Batwas village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kishtwar
Tehsil	Atholi
Pincode	182204
Area (hectares)	964.2 hectares
Population	259
Male Population	125
Female Population	134
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,072
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 Batwas compares

By the 2011 count Batwas is the 28th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 673 residents. Its 964.2 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 924.

Getting to Batwas

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

Batwas lies about 51 km from Kishtwar, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 107 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 Batwas
Tehsil headquarters	Atholi	16 km
District headquarters	Kishtwar	51 km
Nearest town	Kishtwār	51 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	107 km

Villages closest to Batwas

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 Batwas

As per the Census of India 2011, Batwas village had a population of 259. That makes it the 28th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 673 residents.

Batwas village has 125 males and 134 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Batwas has about 1072 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 924.

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

Batwas covers 964.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Batwas is Nurpur Road, about 107 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 Batwas.

Batwas is about 51 km from Kishtwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Batwas is in Atholi tehsil of Kishtwar district. Atholi is about 16 km away. Kishtwar is about 51 km away. Kishtwār is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.