About Sariah Village

Sariah is a mid sized village in Nowshehra tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,241, made up of 666 males and 575 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 859.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sariah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sariah village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Nowshehra
Pincode	184155
Area (hectares)	859.2 hectares
Population	1,241
Male Population	666
Female Population	575
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	863
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sariah compares

By the 2011 count Sariah is the 28th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 859.2 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Sariah

Sariah is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sariah as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Sariah from other places

Sariah lies about 38 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 84 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 Sariah
Tehsil headquarters	Nowshehra	21 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	29 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	38 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	84 km

Villages closest to Sariah

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 Sariah

As per the Census of India 2011, Sariah village had a population of 1,241. That makes it the 28th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Sariah village has 666 males and 575 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sariah has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Sariah is 184155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sariah covers 859.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Sariah is Dugga, about 84 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 10+ km distance for Sariah.

Sariah is about 38 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sariah is in Nowshehra tehsil of Rajouri district. Nowshehra is about 21 km away. Rajaori is about 29 km away. Rajouri is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.