About Gharian Kalan Village

Gharian Kalan is a large village in Chenani tehsil, in the district of Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,611, made up of 1,389 males and 1,222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1197.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gharian Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gharian Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Udhampur
Tehsil	Chenani
Pincode	182141
Area (hectares)	1197.1 hectares
Population	2,611
Male Population	1,389
Female Population	1,222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	880
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gharian Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Gharian Kalan is the 5th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents. Its 1197.1 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 925.

Getting to Gharian Kalan

Gharian Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gharian Kalan as Available within 10+ 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 Gharian Kalan from other places

Gharian Kalan lies about 4.8 km from Chenani, and the nearest railway station is Udhampur, about 19 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 Gharian Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Chenani	4.8 km
Nearest railway station	Udhampur	19 km

Villages closest to Gharian Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chenani 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 Gharian Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Gharian Kalan village had a population of 2,611. That makes it the 5th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents.

Gharian Kalan village has 1,389 males and 1,222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gharian Kalan has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Gharian Kalan is 182141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gharian Kalan covers 1197.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gharian Kalan falls under Chenani tehsil of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Gharian Kalan is Udhampur, about 19 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 village for Gharian Kalan.

Gharian Kalan is about 4.8 km from Chenani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gharian Kalan is in Chenani tehsil of Udhampur district. Chenani is about 4.8 km away. Udhampur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.