About Banjala Village

Banjala is a small village in Bhaderwah tehsil, in the district of Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 152, made up of 69 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,203 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banjala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjala village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Doda
Tehsil	Bhaderwah
Pincode	182222
Area (hectares)	32 hectares
Population	152
Male Population	69
Female Population	83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,203
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banjala compares

By the 2011 count Banjala is the 104th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 545 residents. Its 32 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Banjala

Banjala is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banjala as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Banjala from other places

Banjala lies about 46 km from Doda, and the nearest railway station is Budhi, about 35 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 Banjala
Tehsil headquarters	Bhaderwah	30 km
Nearest railway station	Budhi	35 km
Nearest town	Kathua	41 km
District headquarters	Doda	46 km

Villages closest to Banjala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjala village had a population of 152. That makes it the 104th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 545 residents.

Banjala village has 69 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjala has about 1203 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Banjala is 182222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banjala covers 32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banjala falls under Bhaderwah tehsil of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Banjala is Budhi, about 35 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 5 - 10 km distance for Banjala.

Banjala is about 46 km from Doda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banjala is in Bhaderwah tehsil of Doda district. Bhaderwah is about 30 km away. Budhi is about 35 km away. Kathua is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.