About Karial Village

Karial is a small village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 160, made up of 82 males and 78 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 951 females per 1000 males. The village covers 198.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185154, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karial Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karial village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	185154
Area (hectares)	198.7 hectares
Population	160
Male Population	82
Female Population	78
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	951
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karial compares

By the 2011 count Karial is the 190th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 198.7 hectares work out to about 0.8 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Karial

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

Karial lies about 17 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bari Brahman, about 5.6 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 Karial
Nearest railway station	Bari Brahman	5.6 km
Nearest town	Jammu Cantonment	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	17 km
District headquarters	Jammu	17 km

Villages closest to Karial

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 Karial

As per the Census of India 2011, Karial village had a population of 160. That makes it the 190th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Karial village has 82 males and 78 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karial has about 951 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Karial is 185154. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karial covers 198.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Karial is Bari Brahman, about 5.6 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Karial.

Karial is about 17 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karial is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Bari Brahman is about 5.6 km away. Jammu Cantonment is about 14 km away. Akhnoor is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.