About Sarwal Village

Sarwal 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 1,276, made up of 639 males and 637 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 997 females per 1000 males. The village covers 272.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sarwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarwal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181207
Area (hectares)	272.8 hectares
Population	1,276
Male Population	639
Female Population	637
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	997
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sarwal compares

By the 2011 count Sarwal is the 56th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 272.8 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Sarwal

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

Sarwal lies about 1.7 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Jammu Tawi, about 5.3 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 Sarwal
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	1.7 km
District headquarters	Jammu	1.7 km
Nearest railway station	Jammu Tawi	5.3 km

Villages closest to Sarwal

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 Sarwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarwal village had a population of 1,276. That makes it the 56th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Sarwal village has 639 males and 637 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarwal has about 997 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Sarwal is 181207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sarwal covers 272.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sarwal is Jammu Tawi, about 5.3 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 10+ km distance for Sarwal.

Sarwal is about 1.7 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarwal is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnoor is about 1.7 km away. Jammu is about 1.7 km away. Jammu Tawi is about 5.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.