About Anand Village

Anand is a mid sized village in Kalakote tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 694, made up of 359 males and 335 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 393 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Anand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anand village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Kalakote
Pincode	185201
Area (hectares)	393 hectares
Population	694
Male Population	359
Female Population	335
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Anand compares

By the 2011 count Anand is the 32nd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 393 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Anand

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

Anand lies about 43 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 55 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 Anand
Tehsil headquarters	Kalakote	26 km
Nearest town	Akhnūr	38 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	43 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	55 km

Villages closest to Anand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Anand village had a population of 694. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Anand village has 359 males and 335 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anand has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Anand is 185201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Anand covers 393 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Anand falls under Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Anand is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 55 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 Anand.

Anand is about 43 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anand is in Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district. Kalakote is about 26 km away. Akhnūr is about 38 km away. Rajouri is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.