About Maidan Village

Maidan is a large village in Mendhar tehsil, in the district of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,045, made up of 1,038 males and 1,007 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 369 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	Mendhar
Pincode	185102
Area (hectares)	369 hectares
Population	2,045
Male Population	1,038
Female Population	1,007
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	970
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 23rd largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents. Its 369 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 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
Tehsil headquarters	Mendhar	2.4 km
District headquarters	Punch	16 km
Nearest town	Pūnch	16 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 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 Maidan

As per the Census of India 2011, Maidan village had a population of 2,045. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents.

Maidan village has 1,038 males and 1,007 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maidan has about 970 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 Maidan is 185102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maidan covers 369 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maidan falls under Mendhar 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 Mendhar tehsil of Punch district. Mendhar is about 2.4 km away. Punch is about 16 km away. Pūnch is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.