About Nathal Village

Nathal 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 1,735, made up of 944 males and 791 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3156.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nathal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nathal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181203
Area (hectares)	3156.6 hectares
Population	1,735
Male Population	944
Female Population	791
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	838
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nathal compares

By the 2011 count Nathal is the 38th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 3156.6 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 Nathal

Nathal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Nathal as Available within 5 - 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 Nathal from other places

Nathal lies about 30 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Vijaypur Jammu, about 13 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 Nathal
Nearest railway station	Vijaypur Jammu	13 km
Nearest town	Sāmba	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	30 km
District headquarters	Jammu	30 km

Villages closest to Nathal

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 Nathal

As per the Census of India 2011, Nathal village had a population of 1,735. That makes it the 38th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Nathal village has 944 males and 791 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nathal has about 838 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 Nathal is 181203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nathal covers 3156.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Nathal is Vijaypur Jammu, about 13 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Nathal.

Nathal is about 30 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nathal is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Vijaypur Jammu is about 13 km away. Sāmba is about 19 km away. Akhnoor is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.