About Brel Village

Brel is a mid sized village in Khansahib tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 926, made up of 503 males and 423 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.4 hectares hectares.

Brel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Brel village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Badgam
Tehsil	Khansahib
Area (hectares)	89.4 hectares
Population	926
Male Population	503
Female Population	423
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	841
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Brel compares

By the 2011 count Brel is the 42nd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents. Its 89.4 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Brel

Brel is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Brel 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Brel from other places

Brel lies about 7.2 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 8.8 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 Brel
Tehsil headquarters	Khansahib	6.5 km
District headquarters	Badgam	7.2 km
Nearest railway station	Naid Gaam Railway Station	8.8 km
Nearest town	Soyībug	11 km

Villages closest to Brel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Brel village had a population of 926. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents.

Brel village has 503 males and 423 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Brel has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Brel covers 89.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Brel falls under Khansahib tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Brel is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 8.8 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Brel.

Brel is about 7.2 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Brel is in Khansahib tehsil of Badgam district. Khansahib is about 6.5 km away. Badgam is about 7.2 km away. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about 8.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.