About Muqam Rajwar Village

Muqam Rajwar is a small village in Handwara tehsil, in the district of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 457, made up of 242 males and 215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 20.6 hectares hectares.

Muqam Rajwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Muqam Rajwar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Area (hectares)	20.6 hectares
Population	457
Male Population	242
Female Population	215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Muqam Rajwar compares

By the 2011 count Muqam Rajwar is the 156th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 20.6 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Muqam Rajwar

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

Muqam Rajwar lies about 20 km from Kupwara, and the nearest railway station is Baramula, about 18 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 Muqam Rajwar
Tehsil headquarters	Handwara	5.4 km
Nearest town	Bāramūla	17 km
Nearest railway station	Baramula	18 km
District headquarters	Kupwara	20 km

Villages closest to Muqam Rajwar

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 Muqam Rajwar

As per the Census of India 2011, Muqam Rajwar village had a population of 457. That makes it the 156th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Muqam Rajwar village has 242 males and 215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Muqam Rajwar has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Muqam Rajwar covers 20.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Muqam Rajwar is Baramula, about 18 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 village for Muqam Rajwar.

Muqam Rajwar is about 20 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Muqam Rajwar is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Handwara is about 5.4 km away. Bāramūla is about 17 km away. Baramula is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.