About Kirni Village

Kirni is a mid sized village in Haveli tehsil, in the district of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 561, made up of 280 males and 281 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 226 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kirni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kirni village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Punch
Tehsil	Haveli
Pincode	185101
Area (hectares)	226 hectares
Population	561
Male Population	280
Female Population	281
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kirni compares

By the 2011 count Kirni is the 45th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,161 residents. Its 226 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Kirni

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

How far is Kirni from other places

Kirni lies about 5.7 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Baramula, about 51 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 Kirni
District headquarters	Punch	5.7 km
Nearest town	Pūnch	5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Haveli	6.4 km
Nearest railway station	Baramula	51 km

Villages closest to Kirni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kirni village had a population of 561. That makes it the 45th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,161 residents.

Kirni village has 280 males and 281 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kirni has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 930.

The pincode recorded for Kirni is 185101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kirni covers 226 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kirni falls under Haveli tehsil of Punch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Kirni is Baramula, about 51 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kirni.

Kirni is about 5.7 km from Punch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kirni is in Haveli tehsil of Punch district. Punch is about 5.7 km away. Pūnch is about 5.7 km away. Haveli is about 6.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.