About Maidan Village

Maidan 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 580, made up of 317 males and 263 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 830 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maidan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maidan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Punch
Tehsil	Haveli
Pincode	185102
Area (hectares)	72 hectares
Population	580
Male Population	317
Female Population	263
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	830
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maidan compares

By the 2011 count Maidan is the 44th 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 72 hectares work out to about 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Maidan

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

Maidan lies about 16 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 70 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 Maidan
District headquarters	Punch	16 km
Nearest town	Pūnch	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Haveli	20 km
Nearest railway station	Naid Gaam Railway Station	70 km

Villages closest to Maidan

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 Maidan

As per the Census of India 2011, Maidan village had a population of 580. That makes it the 44th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,161 residents.

Maidan village has 317 males and 263 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maidan has about 830 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

The pincode recorded for Maidan is 185102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maidan covers 72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Maidan is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 70 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 Maidan.

Maidan is about 16 km from Punch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maidan is in Haveli tehsil of Punch district. Punch is about 16 km away. Pūnch is about 16 km away. Haveli is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.