About Jurniyal Village

Jurniyal is a mid sized village in Gurez tehsil, in the district of Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 830, made up of 441 males and 389 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 204 hectares hectares.

Jurniyal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jurniyal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Bandipore
Tehsil	Gurez
Area (hectares)	204 hectares
Population	830
Male Population	441
Female Population	389
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jurniyal compares

By the 2011 count Jurniyal is the 17th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents. Its 204 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 822.

Getting to Jurniyal

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

Jurniyal lies about 38 km from Bandipore, and the nearest railway station is Hamre, about 60 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 Jurniyal
Tehsil headquarters	Gurez	22 km
District headquarters	Bandipore	38 km
Nearest town	Bandipura	38 km
Nearest railway station	Hamre	60 km

Villages closest to Jurniyal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jurniyal village had a population of 830. That makes it the 17th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents.

Jurniyal village has 441 males and 389 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jurniyal has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 822.

Jurniyal covers 204 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jurniyal falls under Gurez tehsil of Bandipore district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Jurniyal is Hamre, about 60 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 Jurniyal.

Jurniyal is about 38 km from Bandipore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jurniyal is in Gurez tehsil of Bandipore district. Gurez is about 22 km away. Bandipore is about 38 km away. Bandipura is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.