About Prey Village

Prey 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 1,816, made up of 963 males and 853 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 565.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Prey Overview

Census 2011 figures for Prey village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Udhampur
Tehsil	Ramnagar
Pincode	182122
Area (hectares)	565.3 hectares
Population	1,816
Male Population	963
Female Population	853
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Prey compares

By the 2011 count Prey is the 41st largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents. Its 565.3 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Prey

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

Prey lies about 48 km from Udhampur, and the nearest railway station is Budhi, about 35 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 Prey
Tehsil headquarters	Ramnagar	28 km
Nearest railway station	Budhi	35 km
Nearest town	Kathua	40 km
District headquarters	Udhampur	48 km

Villages closest to Prey

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 Prey

As per the Census of India 2011, Prey village had a population of 1,816. That makes it the 41st largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents.

Prey village has 963 males and 853 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Prey has about 886 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 Prey is 182122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Prey covers 565.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Prey is Budhi, about 35 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 Prey.

Prey is about 48 km from Udhampur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Prey is in Ramnagar tehsil of Udhampur district. Ramnagar is about 28 km away. Budhi is about 35 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.