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About Nah Village

Nah is a small village in Sunderbani tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 376, made up of 202 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4541.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185156, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nah village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Rajouri
Tehsil Sunderbani
Pincode 185156
Area (hectares) 4541.4 hectares
Population 376
Male Population 202
Female Population 174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
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 Nah compares

By the 2011 count Nah is the 36th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,332 residents. Its 4541.4 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 940.

Getting to Nah

Nah is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Nah 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 Nah from other places

Nah lies about 42 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 Nah
Tehsil headquarters Sunderbani 14 km
Nearest town Akhnūr 38 km
District headquarters Rajouri 42 km
Nearest railway station Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra 55 km

Villages closest to Nah

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

Common questions about Nah

As per the Census of India 2011, Nah village had a population of 376. That makes it the 36th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,332 residents.

Nah village has 202 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nah has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Nah is 185156. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nah covers 4541.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nah falls under Sunderbani tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Nah 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 10+ km distance for Nah.

Nah is about 42 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nah is in Sunderbani tehsil of Rajouri district. Sunderbani is about 14 km away. Akhnūr is about 38 km away. Rajouri is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Patni (3.5 km), Kaldubi (7.8 km) and Kangri (7.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Nah today is likely to be higher.

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