About Bafliaz Village

Bafliaz is one of the larger villages in Surankote tehsil, in the district of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,294, made up of 3,224 males and 3,070 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1913 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bafliaz Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bafliaz village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Punch
Tehsil	Surankote
Pincode	185121
Area (hectares)	1913 hectares
Population	6,294
Male Population	3,224
Female Population	3,070
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	952
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bafliaz compares

By the 2011 count Bafliaz is the 4th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,576 residents. Its 1913 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Bafliaz

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

Bafliaz lies about 30 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 58 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 Bafliaz
Nearest town	Rajaori	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Surankote	30 km
District headquarters	Punch	30 km
Nearest railway station	Naid Gaam Railway Station	58 km

Villages closest to Bafliaz

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bafliaz village had a population of 6,294. That makes it the 4th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,576 residents.

Bafliaz village has 3,224 males and 3,070 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bafliaz has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Bafliaz is 185121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bafliaz covers 1913 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bafliaz falls under Surankote tehsil of Punch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Bafliaz is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 58 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 Bafliaz.

Bafliaz is about 30 km from Punch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bafliaz is in Surankote tehsil of Punch district. Rajaori is about 27 km away. Surankote is about 30 km away. Punch is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.