About Kala Ban Village

Kala Ban is a large village in Mendhar tehsil, in the district of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,808, made up of 1,930 males and 1,878 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1163 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kala Ban Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kala Ban village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Punch
Tehsil	Mendhar
Pincode	185111
Area (hectares)	1163 hectares
Population	3,808
Male Population	1,930
Female Population	1,878
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kala Ban compares

By the 2011 count Kala Ban is the 13th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents. Its 1163 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Kala Ban

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

Kala Ban lies about 31 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 69 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 Kala Ban
Tehsil headquarters	Mendhar	15 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	19 km
District headquarters	Punch	31 km
Nearest railway station	Naid Gaam Railway Station	69 km

Villages closest to Kala Ban

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mendhar 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 Kala Ban

As per the Census of India 2011, Kala Ban village had a population of 3,808. That makes it the 13th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents.

Kala Ban village has 1,930 males and 1,878 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kala Ban has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Kala Ban is 185111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kala Ban covers 1163 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kala Ban falls under Mendhar tehsil of Punch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Kala Ban is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 69 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 Kala Ban.

Kala Ban is about 31 km from Punch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kala Ban is in Mendhar tehsil of Punch district. Mendhar is about 15 km away. Rajaori is about 19 km away. Punch is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.