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About Sahrri Village

Sahrri 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 1,016, made up of 506 males and 510 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 259.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sahrri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sahrri village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Samba
Tehsil Samba
Pincode 184121
Area (hectares) 259.4 hectares
Population 1,016
Male Population 506
Female Population 510
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,008
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sahrri compares

By the 2011 count Sahrri is the 80th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 773 residents. Its 259.4 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Sahrri

Sahrri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sahrri as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sahrri from other places

Sahrri lies about 23 km from Samba, and the nearest railway station is Bajalta, about 5.3 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 Sahrri
Nearest railway station Bajalta 5.3 km
Nearest town Jammu Cantonment 9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Samba 23 km

Villages closest to Sahrri

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 Sahrri

As per the Census of India 2011, Sahrri village had a population of 1,016. That makes it the 80th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 773 residents.

Sahrri village has 506 males and 510 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sahrri has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

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

Sahrri covers 259.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sahrri falls under Samba tehsil of Samba district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Sahrri is Bajalta, about 5.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Sahrri.

Sahrri is about 23 km from Samba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sahrri is in Samba tehsil of Samba district. Bajalta is about 5.3 km away. Jammu Cantonment is about 9.3 km away. Samba is about 23 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 (5.4 km), Rajpur Kuhlar (5.6 km) and Birpur (6.0 km).

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

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