About Ashmar Village

Ashmar is a mid sized village in Ramban tehsil, in the district of Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 665, made up of 363 males and 302 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 832 females per 1000 males. The village covers 488.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182143, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ashmar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ashmar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Ramban
Tehsil	Ramban
Pincode	182143
Area (hectares)	488.1 hectares
Population	665
Male Population	363
Female Population	302
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	832
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 Ashmar compares

By the 2011 count Ashmar is the 76th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,604 residents. Its 488.1 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 908.

Getting to Ashmar

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

Ashmar lies about 11 km from Ramban, and the nearest railway station is Sangaldan, about 4.2 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 Ashmar
Nearest railway station	Sangaldan	4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ramban	11 km
Nearest town	Udhampur	33 km

Villages closest to Ashmar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ashmar village had a population of 665. That makes it the 76th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,604 residents.

Ashmar village has 363 males and 302 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ashmar has about 832 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Ashmar is 182143. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ashmar covers 488.1 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.

Ashmar falls under Ramban tehsil of Ramban district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Ashmar is Sangaldan, about 4.2 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 Ashmar.

Ashmar is about 11 km from Ramban in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ashmar is in Ramban tehsil of Ramban district. Sangaldan is about 4.2 km away. Ramban is about 11 km away. Udhampur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.