About Bawan Wastar Village

Bawan Wastar is a mid sized village in Handwara tehsil, in the district of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,107, made up of 590 males and 517 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 347.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bawan Wastar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bawan Wastar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Pincode	193221
Area (hectares)	347.6 hectares
Population	1,107
Male Population	590
Female Population	517
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
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 Bawan Wastar compares

By the 2011 count Bawan Wastar is the 98th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 347.6 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Bawan Wastar

Bawan Wastar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bawan Wastar 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. The nearest villages by name are Bandi, Banger Gund, Bata Gund and Bata Pora. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Bawan Wastar

As per the Census of India 2011, Bawan Wastar village had a population of 1,107. That makes it the 98th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Bawan Wastar village has 590 males and 517 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bawan Wastar has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Bawan Wastar is 193221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bawan Wastar covers 347.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bawan Wastar falls under Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Bawan Wastar notes the nearest railway station 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 Bawan Wastar.

Bawan Wastar is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.