About Barwalah Village

Barwalah is a mid sized village in Kangan tehsil, in the district of Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,337, made up of 677 males and 660 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117.8 hectares hectares.

Barwalah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barwalah village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Ganderbal
Tehsil	Kangan
Area (hectares)	117.8 hectares
Population	1,337
Male Population	677
Female Population	660
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	975
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barwalah compares

By the 2011 count Barwalah is the 29th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,879 residents. Its 117.8 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Barwalah

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

Barwalah lies about 12 km from Ganderbal, and the nearest railway station is Srinagar Railway Station, about 30 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 Barwalah
Tehsil headquarters	Kangan	2.9 km
District headquarters	Ganderbal	12 km
Nearest railway station	Srinagar Railway Station	30 km

Villages closest to Barwalah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barwalah village had a population of 1,337. That makes it the 29th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,879 residents.

Barwalah village has 677 males and 660 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barwalah has about 975 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 908.

Barwalah covers 117.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Barwalah falls under Kangan tehsil of Ganderbal district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Barwalah is Srinagar Railway Station, about 30 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 Barwalah.

Barwalah is about 12 km from Ganderbal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barwalah is in Kangan tehsil of Ganderbal district. Kangan is about 2.9 km away. Ganderbal is about 12 km away. Srinagar Railway Station is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.