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About Punj Garian Village

Punj Garian is a large village in Ramnagar tehsil, in the district of Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,012, made up of 1,064 males and 948 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 457.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punj Garian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punj Garian village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Udhampur
Tehsil Ramnagar
Pincode 182122
Area (hectares) 457.7 hectares
Population 2,012
Male Population 1,064
Female Population 948
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Punj Garian compares

By the 2011 count Punj Garian is the 29th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents. Its 457.7 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 Punj Garian

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

Punj Garian lies about 41 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 Punj Garian
Tehsil headquarters Ramnagar 21 km
Nearest railway station Budhi 35 km
District headquarters Udhampur 41 km

Villages closest to Punj Garian

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 Punj Garian

As per the Census of India 2011, Punj Garian village had a population of 2,012. That makes it the 29th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents.

Punj Garian village has 1,064 males and 948 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punj Garian 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 Punj Garian is 182122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punj Garian covers 457.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Punj Garian 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Punj Garian.

Punj Garian is about 41 km from Udhampur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punj Garian is in Ramnagar tehsil of Udhampur district. Ramnagar is about 21 km away. Budhi is about 35 km away. Udhampur is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhugtharian (under 2 km), Herterian (under 2 km) and Resian (under 2 km).

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

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