About Kangri Village

Kangri is one of the larger villages in Sunderbani tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,448, made up of 3,743 males and 2,705 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 723 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3572.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185156, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kangri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kangri village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Sunderbani
Pincode	185156
Area (hectares)	3572.6 hectares
Population	6,448
Male Population	3,743
Female Population	2,705
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	723
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kangri compares

By the 2011 count Kangri is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,332 residents. Its 3572.6 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 Kangri

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

Kangri lies about 35 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 52 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 Kangri
Tehsil headquarters	Sunderbani	9.4 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	35 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	36 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	52 km

Villages closest to Kangri

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.

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Common questions about Kangri

As per the Census of India 2011, Kangri village had a population of 6,448. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,332 residents.

Kangri village has 3,743 males and 2,705 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kangri has about 723 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 Kangri is 185156. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kangri covers 3572.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kangri is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 52 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 village for Kangri.

Kangri is about 35 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kangri is in Sunderbani tehsil of Rajouri district. Sunderbani is about 9.4 km away. Rajouri is about 35 km away. Rajaori is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.