About Kalah Village

Kalah is a mid sized village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 958, made up of 487 males and 471 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 873.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalah village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181203
Area (hectares)	873.3 hectares
Population	958
Male Population	487
Female Population	471
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	967
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalah compares

By the 2011 count Kalah is the 84th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 873.3 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Kalah

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

Kalah lies about 23 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Vijaypur Jammu, about 8.6 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 Kalah
Nearest railway station	Vijaypur Jammu	8.6 km
Nearest town	Sāmba	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	23 km
District headquarters	Jammu	23 km

Villages closest to Kalah

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 Kalah

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalah village had a population of 958. That makes it the 84th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Kalah village has 487 males and 471 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalah has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Kalah is 181203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalah covers 873.3 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Kalah is Vijaypur Jammu, about 8.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Kalah.

Kalah is about 23 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalah is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Vijaypur Jammu is about 8.6 km away. Sāmba is about 17 km away. Akhnoor is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.