About Prat Village

Prat 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 1,429, made up of 713 males and 716 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Prat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Prat village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Punch
Tehsil	Mendhar
Pincode	185111
Area (hectares)	168 hectares
Population	1,429
Male Population	713
Female Population	716
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Prat compares

By the 2011 count Prat is the 29th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents. Its 168 hectares work out to about 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Prat

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

Prat lies about 22 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 65 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 Prat
Tehsil headquarters	Mendhar	8.1 km
District headquarters	Punch	22 km
Nearest town	Pūnch	22 km
Nearest railway station	Naid Gaam Railway Station	65 km

Villages closest to Prat

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 Prat

As per the Census of India 2011, Prat village had a population of 1,429. That makes it the 29th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents.

Prat village has 713 males and 716 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Prat has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1014.

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

Prat covers 168 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Prat is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 65 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 Prat.

Prat is about 22 km from Punch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Prat is in Mendhar tehsil of Punch district. Mendhar is about 8.1 km away. Punch is about 22 km away. Pūnch is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.