About Gharak Village

Gharak 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 1,181, made up of 613 males and 568 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 378 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gharak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gharak village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Kalakote
Pincode	185202
Area (hectares)	378 hectares
Population	1,181
Male Population	613
Female Population	568
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gharak compares

By the 2011 count Gharak is the 16th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 378 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Gharak

Gharak is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gharak as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Gharak from other places

Gharak lies about 46 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 32 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 Gharak
Nearest town	Akhnūr	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kalakote	30 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	32 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	46 km

Villages closest to Gharak

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 Gharak

As per the Census of India 2011, Gharak village had a population of 1,181. That makes it the 16th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Gharak village has 613 males and 568 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gharak has about 927 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 Gharak is 185202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gharak covers 378 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gharak is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 32 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 10+ km distance for Gharak.

Gharak is about 46 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gharak is in Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district. Akhnūr is about 17 km away. Kalakote is about 30 km away. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.