About Pail Village

Pail is a small village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 16, made up of 5 males and 11 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 2,200 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pail village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181201
Area (hectares)	172.8 hectares
Population	16
Male Population	5
Female Population	11
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	2,200
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pail compares

By the 2011 count Pail is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 172.8 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Pail

Pail is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Pail as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Pail from other places

Pail lies about 34 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 32 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 Pail
Nearest town	Akhnūr	14 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	32 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	34 km
District headquarters	Jammu	34 km

Villages closest to Pail

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 Pail

As per the Census of India 2011, Pail village had a population of 16. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Pail village has 5 males and 11 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pail has about 2200 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Pail is 181201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pail covers 172.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Pail is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 32 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 10+ km distance for Pail.

Pail is about 34 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pail is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 14 km away. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra is about 32 km away. Akhnoor is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.