About Sazar Village

Sazar is a small village in Atholi tehsil, in the district of Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 478, made up of 265 males and 213 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 804 females per 1000 males. The village covers 338.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sazar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sazar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kishtwar
Tehsil	Atholi
Pincode	182205
Area (hectares)	338.7 hectares
Population	478
Male Population	265
Female Population	213
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	804
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 Sazar compares

By the 2011 count Sazar is the 18th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 673 residents. Its 338.7 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Sazar

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

Sazar lies about 34 km from Kishtwar, and the nearest railway station is Banihal, about 89 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 Sazar
Tehsil headquarters	Atholi	4.0 km
District headquarters	Kishtwar	34 km
Nearest town	Kishtwār	34 km
Nearest railway station	Banihal	89 km

Villages closest to Sazar

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 Sazar

As per the Census of India 2011, Sazar village had a population of 478. That makes it the 18th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 673 residents.

Sazar village has 265 males and 213 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sazar has about 804 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 Sazar is 182205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sazar covers 338.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Sazar is Banihal, about 89 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 Sazar.

Sazar is about 34 km from Kishtwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sazar is in Atholi tehsil of Kishtwar district. Atholi is about 4.0 km away. Kishtwar is about 34 km away. Kishtwār is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.