About Pingar Village

Pingar 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 1,194, made up of 619 males and 575 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 889.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pingar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pingar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Udhampur
Tehsil	Ramnagar
Pincode	182126
Area (hectares)	889.1 hectares
Population	1,194
Male Population	619
Female Population	575
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pingar compares

By the 2011 count Pingar is the 63rd largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents. Its 889.1 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Pingar

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

Pingar lies about 45 km from Udhampur, and the nearest railway station is Budhi, about 34 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 Pingar
Tehsil headquarters	Ramnagar	24 km
Nearest railway station	Budhi	34 km
Nearest town	Kathua	40 km
District headquarters	Udhampur	45 km

Villages closest to Pingar

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.

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Common questions about Pingar

As per the Census of India 2011, Pingar village had a population of 1,194. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents.

Pingar village has 619 males and 575 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pingar has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 922.

The pincode recorded for Pingar is 182126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pingar covers 889.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Pingar is Budhi, about 34 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 Pingar.

Pingar is about 45 km from Udhampur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pingar is in Ramnagar tehsil of Udhampur district. Ramnagar is about 24 km away. Budhi is about 34 km away. Kathua is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.