About Yaroo Village

Yaroo is a mid sized village in Damhal Hanjipora tehsil, in the district of Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 840, made up of 424 males and 416 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 192233, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yaroo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yaroo village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kulgam
Tehsil	Damhal Hanjipora
Pincode	192233
Area (hectares)	114.1 hectares
Population	840
Male Population	424
Female Population	416
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	981
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Yaroo compares

By the 2011 count Yaroo is the 38th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,136 residents. Its 114.1 hectares work out to about 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Yaroo

Yaroo is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Yaroo as Available within 5 - 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 Yaroo from other places

Yaroo 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 Yaroo
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 Yaroo

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.

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Yaroo

As per the Census of India 2011, Yaroo village had a population of 840. That makes it the 38th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,136 residents.

Yaroo village has 424 males and 416 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yaroo has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 951.

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

Yaroo covers 114.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Yaroo 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 village for Yaroo.

Yaroo 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.

Yaroo 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.