About Wadar Pain Village

Wadar Pain is a large village in Handwara tehsil, in the district of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,022, made up of 1,055 males and 967 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 322.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Wadar Pain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wadar Pain village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Pincode	193221
Area (hectares)	322.5 hectares
Population	2,022
Male Population	1,055
Female Population	967
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Wadar Pain compares

By the 2011 count Wadar Pain is the 29th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 322.5 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Wadar Pain

Wadar Pain is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Wadar Pain as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Wadar Pain from other places

Wadar Pain lies about 6.1 km from Kupwara, and the nearest railway station is Sopur, about 35 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 Wadar Pain
District headquarters	Kupwara	6.1 km
Nearest town	Kopawor	6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Handwara	18 km
Nearest railway station	Sopur	35 km

Villages closest to Wadar Pain

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 Wadar Pain

As per the Census of India 2011, Wadar Pain village had a population of 2,022. That makes it the 29th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Wadar Pain village has 1,055 males and 967 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wadar Pain has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Wadar Pain is 193221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Wadar Pain covers 322.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Wadar Pain is Sopur, about 35 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Wadar Pain.

Wadar Pain is about 6.1 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wadar Pain is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Kupwara is about 6.1 km away. Kopawor is about 6.1 km away. Handwara is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.