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About Owna Village

Owna is a small village in Sunderbani tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 288, made up of 153 males and 135 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Owna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Owna village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Rajouri
Tehsil Sunderbani
Pincode 185203
Area (hectares) 101.6 hectares
Population 288
Male Population 153
Female Population 135
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 882
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Owna compares

By the 2011 count Owna is the 38th 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 101.6 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Owna

Owna is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Owna as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Marchola, Mawa, Nah and Nala. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Owna

As per the Census of India 2011, Owna village had a population of 288. That makes it the 38th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,332 residents.

Owna village has 153 males and 135 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Owna has about 882 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 Owna is 185203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Owna covers 101.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Owna notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Owna.

Owna is in Sunderbani tehsil of Rajouri district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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