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About Rajpur Jatan Village

Rajpur Jatan is a small village in Samba tehsil, in the district of Samba, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 420, made up of 220 males and 200 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rajpur Jatan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rajpur Jatan village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Samba
Tehsil Samba
Pincode 184121
Area (hectares) 78.5 hectares
Population 420
Male Population 220
Female Population 200
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 909
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Rajpur Jatan compares

By the 2011 count Rajpur Jatan is the 192nd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 773 residents. Its 78.5 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Rajpur Jatan

Rajpur Jatan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rajpur Jatan as Available within <5 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 Rajpur Jatan from other places

Rajpur Jatan lies about 32 km from Samba, and the nearest railway station is Jammu Tawi, about 5.0 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 Rajpur Jatan
Nearest town Jammu 1.7 km
Nearest railway station Jammu Tawi 5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Samba 32 km

Villages closest to Rajpur Jatan

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 Rajpur Jatan

As per the Census of India 2011, Rajpur Jatan village had a population of 420. That makes it the 192nd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 773 residents.

Rajpur Jatan village has 220 males and 200 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rajpur Jatan has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Rajpur Jatan is 184121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rajpur Jatan covers 78.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rajpur Jatan falls under Samba tehsil of Samba district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Rajpur Jatan is Jammu Tawi, about 5.0 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Rajpur Jatan.

Rajpur Jatan is about 32 km from Samba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rajpur Jatan is in Samba tehsil of Samba district. Jammu is about 1.7 km away. Jammu Tawi is about 5.0 km away. Samba is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Raika Mahuva (5.8 km), Chak Rakwala (9.2 km) and Bain (9.6 km).

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

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