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About Sail Village

Sail is a large village in Beerwah tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,535, made up of 1,357 males and 1,178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sail village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Beerwah
Pincode 193411
Area (hectares) 199.06 hectares
Population 2,535
Male Population 1,357
Female Population 1,178
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sail compares

By the 2011 count Sail is the 19th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents. Its 199.06 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 889.

Getting to Sail

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

Sail lies about 14 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 12 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 Sail
Tehsil headquarters Beerwah 3.8 km
Nearest railway station Naid Gaam Railway Station 12 km
District headquarters Badgam 14 km
Nearest town Soyībug 16 km

Villages closest to Sail

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sail village had a population of 2,535. That makes it the 19th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents.

Sail village has 1,357 males and 1,178 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sail has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 889.

The pincode recorded for Sail is 193411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sail covers 199.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sail falls under Beerwah tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Sail is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 12 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sail.

Sail is about 14 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sail is in Beerwah tehsil of Badgam district. Beerwah is about 3.8 km away. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about 12 km away. Badgam is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Buna Zanigam (under 2 km), Kandoora (under 2 km) and Larabal (1.9 km).

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

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