About Jagar Pur Village

Jagar Pur is a large village in Handwara tehsil, in the district of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,210, made up of 1,127 males and 1,083 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 233.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jagar Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jagar Pur village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Pincode	193222
Area (hectares)	233.6 hectares
Population	2,210
Male Population	1,127
Female Population	1,083
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	961
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Jagar Pur compares

By the 2011 count Jagar Pur is the 21st largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 233.6 hectares work out to about 9.5 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 Jagar Pur

Jagar Pur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jagar Pur 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jagar Pur from other places

Jagar Pur lies about 9.7 km from Kupwara, and the nearest railway station is Sopur, about 26 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 Jagar Pur
Tehsil headquarters	Handwara	5.2 km
District headquarters	Kupwara	9.7 km
Nearest town	Kopawor	9.7 km
Nearest railway station	Sopur	26 km

Villages closest to Jagar Pur

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 Jagar Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Jagar Pur village had a population of 2,210. That makes it the 21st largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Jagar Pur village has 1,127 males and 1,083 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jagar Pur has about 961 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 Jagar Pur is 193222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jagar Pur covers 233.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Jagar Pur is Sopur, about 26 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Jagar Pur.

Jagar Pur is about 9.7 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jagar Pur is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Handwara is about 5.2 km away. Kupwara is about 9.7 km away. Kopawor is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.