About Budhan Village

Budhan is one of the larger villages in Gool Gulabgarh tehsil, in the district of Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,354, made up of 3,923 males and 3,431 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3351.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182311, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Budhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Budhan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Reasi
Tehsil	Gool Gulabgarh
Pincode	182311
Area (hectares)	3351.2 hectares
Population	7,354
Male Population	3,923
Female Population	3,431
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Budhan compares

By the 2011 count Budhan is the 5th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,424 residents. Its 3351.2 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 919.

Getting to Budhan

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

Budhan lies about 37 km from Reasi, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 35 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 Budhan
Tehsil headquarters	Gool Gulabgarh	17 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	31 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	35 km
District headquarters	Reasi	37 km

Villages closest to Budhan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gool Gulabgarh 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 Budhan

As per the Census of India 2011, Budhan village had a population of 7,354. That makes it the 5th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,424 residents.

Budhan village has 3,923 males and 3,431 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Budhan has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Budhan is 182311. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Budhan covers 3351.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Budhan falls under Gool Gulabgarh tehsil of Reasi district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Budhan is Dugga, about 35 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Budhan.

Budhan is about 37 km from Reasi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Budhan is in Gool Gulabgarh tehsil of Reasi district. Gool Gulabgarh is about 17 km away. Rajaori is about 31 km away. Dugga is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.