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About Kacha Nambal Village

Kacha Nambal is a large village in Kangan tehsil, in the district of Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,591, made up of 1,387 males and 1,204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 178.1 hectares hectares.

Kacha Nambal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kacha Nambal village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Ganderbal
Tehsil Kangan
Area (hectares) 178.1 hectares
Population 2,591
Male Population 1,387
Female Population 1,204
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 Kacha Nambal compares

By the 2011 count Kacha Nambal is the 21st largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,879 residents. Its 178.1 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Kacha Nambal

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

Kacha Nambal lies about 15 km from Ganderbal, and the nearest railway station is Srinagar Railway Station, about 31 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 Kacha Nambal
Tehsil headquarters Kangan 3.7 km
District headquarters Ganderbal 15 km
Nearest railway station Srinagar Railway Station 31 km

Villages closest to Kacha Nambal

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.

Common questions about Kacha Nambal

As per the Census of India 2011, Kacha Nambal village had a population of 2,591. That makes it the 21st largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,879 residents.

Kacha Nambal village has 1,387 males and 1,204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kacha Nambal has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

Kacha Nambal covers 178.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Kacha Nambal is Srinagar Railway Station, about 31 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 Kacha Nambal.

Kacha Nambal is about 15 km from Ganderbal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kacha Nambal is in Kangan tehsil of Ganderbal district. Kangan is about 3.7 km away. Ganderbal is about 15 km away. Srinagar Railway Station is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khanan (1.7 km), Arigori Pora (2.1 km) and Barwalah (2.1 km).

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

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