About Inshan Village

Inshan is a mid sized village in Marwah tehsil, in the district of Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,031, made up of 540 males and 491 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 540.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Inshan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Inshan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kishtwar
Tehsil	Marwah
Pincode	182205
Area (hectares)	540.3 hectares
Population	1,031
Male Population	540
Female Population	491
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
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 Inshan compares

By the 2011 count Inshan is the 15th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents. Its 540.3 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Inshan

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

Inshan lies about 58 km from Kishtwar, and the nearest railway station is Sadura, about 43 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 Inshan
Tehsil headquarters	Marwah	32 km
Nearest town	Anantnag	39 km
Nearest railway station	Sadura	43 km
District headquarters	Kishtwar	58 km

Villages closest to Inshan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Marwah 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 Inshan

As per the Census of India 2011, Inshan village had a population of 1,031. That makes it the 15th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents.

Inshan village has 540 males and 491 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Inshan has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Inshan is 182205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Inshan covers 540.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Inshan falls under Marwah tehsil of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Inshan is Sadura, about 43 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 Inshan.

Inshan is about 58 km from Kishtwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Inshan is in Marwah tehsil of Kishtwar district. Marwah is about 32 km away. Anantnag is about 39 km away. Sadura is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.