About Dragar Village

Dragar is a mid sized village in Karnah tehsil, in the district of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 517, made up of 285 males and 232 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 814 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121 hectares hectares.

Dragar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dragar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Karnah
Area (hectares)	121 hectares
Population	517
Male Population	285
Female Population	232
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	814
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dragar compares

By the 2011 count Dragar is the 27th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,143 residents. Its 121 hectares work out to about 4.3 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 861.

Getting to Dragar

Dragar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dragar as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Dragar from other places

Dragar lies about 46 km from Kupwara, and the nearest railway station is Baramula, about 58 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 Dragar
Tehsil headquarters	Karnah	5.2 km
District headquarters	Kupwara	46 km
Nearest town	Kopawor	46 km
Nearest railway station	Baramula	58 km

Villages closest to Dragar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dragar village had a population of 517. That makes it the 27th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,143 residents.

Dragar village has 285 males and 232 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dragar has about 814 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 861.

Dragar covers 121 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dragar falls under Karnah tehsil of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Dragar is Baramula, about 58 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dragar.

Dragar is about 46 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dragar is in Karnah tehsil of Kupwara district. Karnah is about 5.2 km away. Kupwara is about 46 km away. Kopawor is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.