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About Yari Khah Village

Yari Khah is a large village in Damhal Hanjipora tehsil, in the district of Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,366, made up of 1,795 males and 1,571 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 337.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 192233, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yari Khah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yari Khah village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kulgam
Tehsil Damhal Hanjipora
Pincode 192233
Area (hectares) 337.5 hectares
Population 3,366
Male Population 1,795
Female Population 1,571
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yari Khah compares

By the 2011 count Yari Khah is the 13th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,136 residents. Its 337.5 hectares work out to about 10.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Yari Khah

Yari Khah is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Yari Khah as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Yari Khah from other places

Yari Khah lies about 26 km from Kulgam, and the nearest railway station is Kakapor, about 19 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 Yari Khah
Nearest town Pulwama 11 km
Nearest railway station Kakapor 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Damhal Hanjipora 26 km
District headquarters Kulgam 26 km

Villages closest to Yari Khah

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Damhal Hanjipora 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.

Common questions about Yari Khah

As per the Census of India 2011, Yari Khah village had a population of 3,366. That makes it the 13th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,136 residents.

Yari Khah village has 1,795 males and 1,571 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yari Khah has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Yari Khah is 192233. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yari Khah covers 337.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Yari Khah falls under Damhal Hanjipora tehsil of Kulgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Yari Khah is Kakapor, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Yari Khah.

Yari Khah is about 26 km from Kulgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yari Khah is in Damhal Hanjipora tehsil of Kulgam district. Pulwama is about 11 km away. Kakapor is about 19 km away. Damhal Hanjipora is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Yaroo (under 2 km), Damhal Hanji Pora (4.7 km) and Kemo Mashigam Khalsa (4.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Yari Khah today is likely to be higher.

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