About Khowas Village

Khowas is a mid sized village in Budhal tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 944, made up of 471 males and 473 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 307.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185233, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khowas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khowas village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Budhal
Pincode	185233
Area (hectares)	307.2 hectares
Population	944
Male Population	471
Female Population	473
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 Khowas compares

By the 2011 count Khowas is the 41st largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,413 residents. Its 307.2 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 902.

Getting to Khowas

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

Khowas lies about 19 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 34 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 Khowas
Tehsil headquarters	Budhal	11 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	19 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	28 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	34 km

Villages closest to Khowas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khowas village had a population of 944. That makes it the 41st largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,413 residents.

Khowas village has 471 males and 473 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khowas has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 902.

The pincode recorded for Khowas is 185233. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khowas covers 307.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khowas falls under Budhal tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Khowas is Dugga, about 34 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 Khowas.

Khowas is about 19 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khowas is in Budhal tehsil of Rajouri district. Budhal is about 11 km away. Rajouri is about 19 km away. Rajaori is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.