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About Mang Village

Mang 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 1,481, made up of 783 males and 698 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1704.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mang village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Udhampur
Tehsil Ramnagar
Pincode 182128
Area (hectares) 1704.1 hectares
Population 1,481
Male Population 783
Female Population 698
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Mang compares

By the 2011 count Mang is the 57th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents. Its 1704.1 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Mang

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

Mang lies about 43 km from Udhampur, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar (J&K), about 39 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 Mang
Tehsil headquarters Ramnagar 24 km
Nearest town Doda 39 km
Nearest railway station Ramnagar (J&K) 39 km
District headquarters Udhampur 43 km

Villages closest to Mang

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 Mang

As per the Census of India 2011, Mang village had a population of 1,481. That makes it the 57th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents.

Mang village has 783 males and 698 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mang has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 922.

The pincode recorded for Mang is 182128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mang covers 1704.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Mang is Ramnagar (J&K), about 39 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 Mang.

Mang is about 43 km from Udhampur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mang is in Ramnagar tehsil of Udhampur district. Ramnagar is about 24 km away. Doda is about 39 km away. Ramnagar (J&K) is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Punara (2.5 km), Basant Garh (2.6 km) and Pleai (3.4 km).

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

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