About Kalar Village

Kalar is a small village in Nowshehra tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 358, made up of 174 males and 184 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,057 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Nowshehra
Pincode	185151
Area (hectares)	142.9 hectares
Population	358
Male Population	174
Female Population	184
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,057
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalar compares

By the 2011 count Kalar is the 43rd largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 142.9 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Kalar

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

Kalar lies about 28 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 43 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 Kalar
Tehsil headquarters	Nowshehra	23 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	28 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	32 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	43 km

Villages closest to Kalar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalar village had a population of 358. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Kalar village has 174 males and 184 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalar has about 1057 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Kalar is 185151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalar covers 142.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kalar falls under Nowshehra tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Kalar is Dugga, about 43 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 Kalar.

Kalar is about 28 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalar is in Nowshehra tehsil of Rajouri district. Nowshehra is about 23 km away. Rajouri is about 28 km away. Rajaori is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.