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About Anand Pur Village

Anand Pur is a mid sized village in Samba tehsil, in the district of Samba, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,207, made up of 617 males and 590 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1089 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Anand Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anand Pur village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Samba
Tehsil Samba
Pincode 181141
Area (hectares) 1089 hectares
Population 1,207
Male Population 617
Female Population 590
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 956
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Anand Pur compares

By the 2011 count Anand Pur is the 65th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 773 residents. Its 1089 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Anand Pur

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

Anand Pur lies about 10 km from Samba, and the nearest railway station is Vijaypur Jammu, about 9.1 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 Anand Pur
Nearest railway station Vijaypur Jammu 9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Samba 10 km
Nearest town Sāmba 10 km

Villages closest to Anand Pur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Samba 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 Anand Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Anand Pur village had a population of 1,207. That makes it the 65th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 773 residents.

Anand Pur village has 617 males and 590 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anand Pur has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Anand Pur is 181141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Anand Pur covers 1089 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Anand Pur falls under Samba tehsil of Samba district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Anand Pur is Vijaypur Jammu, about 9.1 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 Anand Pur.

Anand Pur is about 10 km from Samba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anand Pur is in Samba tehsil of Samba district. Vijaypur Jammu is about 9.1 km away. Samba is about 10 km away. Sāmba is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Labli (2.3 km), Sangar (3.9 km) and Parthal (4.0 km).

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

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