About Harawat Village

Harawat 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 688, made up of 351 males and 337 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harawat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harawat village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Pincode	193303
Area (hectares)	103.6 hectares
Population	688
Male Population	351
Female Population	337
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	960
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Harawat compares

By the 2011 count Harawat is the 136th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 103.6 hectares work out to about 6.6 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 929.

Getting to Harawat

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

Harawat lies about 23 km from Kupwara, and the nearest railway station is Sopur, about 27 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 Harawat
Nearest town	Bandipura	15 km
District headquarters	Kupwara	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Handwara	24 km
Nearest railway station	Sopur	27 km

Villages closest to Harawat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Harawat village had a population of 688. That makes it the 136th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Harawat village has 351 males and 337 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harawat has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Harawat is 193303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harawat covers 103.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Harawat is Sopur, about 27 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Harawat.

Harawat is about 23 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harawat is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Bandipura is about 15 km away. Kupwara is about 23 km away. Handwara is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.