About Nar Village

Nar is a mid sized village in Mendhar tehsil, in the district of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,873, made up of 937 males and 936 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 999 females per 1000 males. The village covers 804 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Punch
Tehsil	Mendhar
Pincode	185111
Area (hectares)	804 hectares
Population	1,873
Male Population	937
Female Population	936
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	999
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nar compares

By the 2011 count Nar is the 25th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents. Its 804 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 a little below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Nar

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

Nar lies about 26 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 57 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 Nar
Tehsil headquarters	Mendhar	18 km
District headquarters	Punch	26 km
Nearest town	Pūnch	26 km
Nearest railway station	Naid Gaam Railway Station	57 km

Villages closest to Nar

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 Nar

As per the Census of India 2011, Nar village had a population of 1,873. That makes it the 25th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents.

Nar village has 937 males and 936 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nar has about 999 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1014.

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

Nar covers 804 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Nar is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 57 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 Nar.

Nar is about 26 km from Punch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nar is in Mendhar tehsil of Punch district. Mendhar is about 18 km away. Punch is about 26 km away. Pūnch is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.