About Yal Village

Yal is a small village in Pahalgam tehsil, in the district of Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 444, made up of 222 males and 222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.7 hectares hectares.

Yal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Anantnag
Tehsil	Pahalgam
Area (hectares)	43.7 hectares
Population	444
Male Population	222
Female Population	222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Yal compares

By the 2011 count Yal is the 58th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,602 residents. Its 43.7 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Yal

Yal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Yal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Yal from other places

Yal lies about 17 km from Anantnag. 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 Yal
District headquarters	Anantnag	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pahalgam	23 km

Villages closest to Yal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Yal village had a population of 444. That makes it the 58th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,602 residents.

Yal village has 222 males and 222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yal has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 965.

Yal covers 43.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Yal falls under Pahalgam tehsil of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Yal notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Yal.

Yal is about 17 km from Anantnag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yal is in Pahalgam tehsil of Anantnag district. Anantnag is about 17 km away. Pahalgam is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.