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About Khanetar Village

Khanetar is one of the larger villages in Haveli tehsil, in the district of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8,746, made up of 4,756 males and 3,990 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 839 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2083 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanetar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanetar village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Punch
Tehsil Haveli
Pincode 185101
Area (hectares) 2083 hectares
Population 8,746
Male Population 4,756
Female Population 3,990
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 839
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanetar compares

By the 2011 count Khanetar is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,161 residents. Its 2083 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 930.

Getting to Khanetar

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

Khanetar lies about 6.4 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Baramula, about 59 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 Khanetar
District headquarters Punch 6.4 km
Nearest town Pūnch 6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Haveli 10 km
Nearest railway station Baramula 59 km

Villages closest to Khanetar

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.

Common questions about Khanetar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanetar village had a population of 8,746. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,161 residents.

Khanetar village has 4,756 males and 3,990 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanetar has about 839 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 Khanetar is 185101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanetar covers 2083 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khanetar is Baramula, about 59 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 Khanetar.

Khanetar is about 6.4 km from Punch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanetar is in Haveli tehsil of Punch district. Punch is about 6.4 km away. Pūnch is about 6.4 km away. Haveli is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalai (2.9 km), Dharam Sal Khari (2.9 km) and Chandak (3.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khanetar today is likely to be higher.

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