About Deval Gam Village

Deval Gam is one of the larger villages in Kokernag tehsil, in the district of Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 12,600, made up of 6,620 males and 5,980 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 745.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 192202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Deval Gam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Deval Gam village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Anantnag
Tehsil	Kokernag
Pincode	192202
Area (hectares)	745.7 hectares
Population	12,600
Male Population	6,620
Female Population	5,980
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	903
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Deval Gam compares

By the 2011 count Deval Gam is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,278 residents. Its 745.7 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Deval Gam

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

Deval Gam lies about 25 km from Anantnag, and the nearest railway station is Hiller Shahabad, about 14 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 Deval Gam
Tehsil headquarters	Kokernag	2.4 km
Nearest town	Dooru Verinag	10 km
Nearest railway station	Hiller Shahabad	14 km
District headquarters	Anantnag	25 km

Villages closest to Deval Gam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kokernag 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 Deval Gam

As per the Census of India 2011, Deval Gam village had a population of 12,600. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,278 residents.

Deval Gam village has 6,620 males and 5,980 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Deval Gam has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Deval Gam is 192202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Deval Gam covers 745.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Deval Gam falls under Kokernag tehsil of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Deval Gam is Hiller Shahabad, about 14 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 Deval Gam.

Deval Gam is about 25 km from Anantnag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Deval Gam is in Kokernag tehsil of Anantnag district. Kokernag is about 2.4 km away. Dooru Verinag is about 10 km away. Hiller Shahabad is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.