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About Watal Bag Village

Watal Bag is a mid sized village in Lar tehsil, in the district of Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,229, made up of 628 males and 601 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 191131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Watal Bag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Watal Bag village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Ganderbal
Tehsil Lar
Pincode 191131
Area (hectares) 179.7 hectares
Population 1,229
Male Population 628
Female Population 601
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 957
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Watal Bag compares

By the 2011 count Watal Bag is the 22nd largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,921 residents. Its 179.7 hectares work out to about 6.8 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 879.

Getting to Watal Bag

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

Watal Bag lies about 2.8 km from Ganderbal, and the nearest railway station is Mazhom, about 20 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 Watal Bag
District headquarters Ganderbal 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Lar 12 km
Nearest railway station Mazhom 20 km

Villages closest to Watal Bag

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lar 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 Watal Bag

As per the Census of India 2011, Watal Bag village had a population of 1,229. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,921 residents.

Watal Bag village has 628 males and 601 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Watal Bag has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 879.

The pincode recorded for Watal Bag is 191131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Watal Bag covers 179.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Watal Bag falls under Lar tehsil of Ganderbal district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Watal Bag is Mazhom, about 20 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 Watal Bag.

Watal Bag is about 2.8 km from Ganderbal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Watal Bag is in Lar tehsil of Ganderbal district. Ganderbal is about 2.8 km away. Lar is about 12 km away. Mazhom is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Qasba Lar (under 2 km), Khrani Hama (under 2 km) and Rapore (under 2 km).

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

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