About Kamtaul Village

Kamtaul is one of the larger villages in Jale tehsil, in the district of Darbhanga, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9,951, made up of 5,268 males and 4,683 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 604 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 847304, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kamtaul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kamtaul village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Darbhanga
Tehsil	Jale
Pincode	847304
Area (hectares)	604 hectares
Population	9,951
Male Population	5,268
Female Population	4,683
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Kamtaul compares

By the 2011 count Kamtaul is the 7th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 4,597 residents. Its 604 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Kamtaul

Kamtaul is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kamtaul as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kamtaul from other places

Kamtaul lies about 21 km from Darbhanga, and the nearest railway station is Kamtaul Station, about under 2 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 Kamtaul
Nearest railway station	Kamtaul Station	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jale	12 km
District headquarters	Darbhanga	21 km

Villages closest to Kamtaul

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kamtaul village had a population of 9,951. That makes it the 7th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,597 residents.

Kamtaul village has 5,268 males and 4,683 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kamtaul has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Kamtaul is 847304. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kamtaul covers 604 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Kamtaul falls under Jale tehsil of Darbhanga district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kamtaul is Kamtaul Station, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kamtaul.

Kamtaul is about 21 km from Darbhanga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kamtaul is in Jale tehsil of Darbhanga district. Kamtaul Station is about under 2 km away. Jale is about 12 km away. Darbhanga is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.