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About Bapanir Garh Village

Bapanir Garh is a small village in Majalta tehsil, in the district of Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 56, made up of 33 males and 23 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 697 females per 1000 males. The village covers 208 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bapanir Garh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bapanir Garh village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Udhampur
Tehsil Majalta
Pincode 182117
Area (hectares) 208 hectares
Population 56
Male Population 33
Female Population 23
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 697
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bapanir Garh compares

By the 2011 count Bapanir Garh is the 39th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,135 residents. Its 208 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 885.

Getting to Bapanir Garh

Bapanir Garh is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bapanir Garh as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Bapanir Garh from other places

Bapanir Garh lies about 25 km from Udhampur, and the nearest railway station is Manwal, about 11 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 Bapanir Garh
Nearest railway station Manwal 11 km
Nearest town Sāmba 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Majalta 25 km
District headquarters Udhampur 25 km

Villages closest to Bapanir Garh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Majalta 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 Bapanir Garh

As per the Census of India 2011, Bapanir Garh village had a population of 56. That makes it the 39th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,135 residents.

Bapanir Garh village has 33 males and 23 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bapanir Garh has about 697 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 885.

The pincode recorded for Bapanir Garh is 182117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bapanir Garh covers 208 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bapanir Garh falls under Majalta tehsil of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Bapanir Garh is Manwal, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance for Bapanir Garh.

Bapanir Garh is about 25 km from Udhampur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bapanir Garh is in Majalta tehsil of Udhampur district. Manwal is about 11 km away. Sāmba is about 20 km away. Majalta is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shahpur (1.6 km), Seral Chowa (1.7 km) and Haripur (2.2 km).

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

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