About Batal Village

Batal is a small village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 482, made up of 260 males and 222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 446.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Batal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Batal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181202
Area (hectares)	446.8 hectares
Population	482
Male Population	260
Female Population	222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	854
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Batal compares

By the 2011 count Batal is the 151st largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 446.8 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Batal

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

Batal lies about 11 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bajalta, about 4.1 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 Batal
Nearest railway station	Bajalta	4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	11 km
District headquarters	Jammu	11 km

Villages closest to Batal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Batal village had a population of 482. That makes it the 151st largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Batal village has 260 males and 222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Batal has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Batal is 181202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Batal covers 446.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Batal falls under Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Batal is Bajalta, about 4.1 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 Batal.

Batal is about 11 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Batal is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Bajalta is about 4.1 km away. Akhnoor is about 11 km away. Jammu is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.