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About Khein Village

Khein is a mid sized village in Ramnagar tehsil, in the district of Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,047, made up of 534 males and 513 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 405.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khein Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khein village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Udhampur
Tehsil Ramnagar
Pincode 182122
Area (hectares) 405.5 hectares
Population 1,047
Male Population 534
Female Population 513
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 961
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khein compares

By the 2011 count Khein is the 69th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents. Its 405.5 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Khein

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

Khein lies about 31 km from Udhampur, and the nearest railway station is Manwal, about 18 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 Khein
Tehsil headquarters Ramnagar 15 km
Nearest railway station Manwal 18 km
Nearest town Sāmba 19 km
District headquarters Udhampur 31 km

Villages closest to Khein

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ramnagar 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 Khein

As per the Census of India 2011, Khein village had a population of 1,047. That makes it the 69th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents.

Khein village has 534 males and 513 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khein has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 922.

The pincode recorded for Khein is 182122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khein covers 405.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khein falls under Ramnagar tehsil of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Khein is Manwal, about 18 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 Khein.

Khein is about 31 km from Udhampur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khein is in Ramnagar tehsil of Udhampur district. Ramnagar is about 15 km away. Manwal is about 18 km away. Sāmba is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Beraliata Sawana Banj (4.9 km), Sarsu (5.0 km) and Blotha Uppralla (6.9 km).

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

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