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About Raj Pur Village

Raj Pur is a mid sized village in Mandi tehsil, in the district of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,679, made up of 863 males and 816 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 296 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Raj Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Raj Pur village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Punch
Tehsil Mandi
Pincode 185102
Area (hectares) 296 hectares
Population 1,679
Male Population 863
Female Population 816
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 946
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Raj Pur compares

By the 2011 count Raj Pur is the 17th largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,107 residents. Its 296 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Raj Pur

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

Raj Pur lies about 16 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 47 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 Raj Pur
Tehsil headquarters Mandi under 2 km
District headquarters Punch 16 km
Nearest town Pūnch 16 km
Nearest railway station Naid Gaam Railway Station 47 km

Villages closest to Raj Pur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mandi 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.

Common questions about Raj Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Raj Pur village had a population of 1,679. That makes it the 17th largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,107 residents.

Raj Pur village has 863 males and 816 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Raj Pur has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 913.

The pincode recorded for Raj Pur is 185102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Raj Pur covers 296 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Raj Pur falls under Mandi tehsil of Punch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Raj Pur is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 47 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 Raj Pur.

Raj Pur 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.

Raj Pur is in Mandi tehsil of Punch district. Mandi is about under 2 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.

The closest recorded villages are Mandi (under 2 km), Arai (under 2 km) and Jalian (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Raj Pur today is likely to be higher.

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