About Topa Village

Topa 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 1,742, made up of 851 males and 891 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 325 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Topa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Topa village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Punch
Tehsil	Mendhar
Pincode	185111
Area (hectares)	325 hectares
Population	1,742
Male Population	851
Female Population	891
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,047
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Topa compares

By the 2011 count Topa is the 27th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents. Its 325 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Topa

Topa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Topa as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Topa from other places

Topa lies about 13 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Baramula, about 68 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 Topa
Tehsil headquarters	Mendhar	5.6 km
District headquarters	Punch	13 km
Nearest town	Pūnch	13 km
Nearest railway station	Baramula	68 km

Villages closest to Topa

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 Topa

As per the Census of India 2011, Topa village had a population of 1,742. That makes it the 27th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents.

Topa village has 851 males and 891 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Topa has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

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

Topa covers 325 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Topa is Baramula, about 68 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Topa.

Topa is about 13 km from Punch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Topa is in Mendhar tehsil of Punch district. Mendhar is about 5.6 km away. Punch is about 13 km away. Pūnch is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.