About Sungal Village

Sungal is one of the larger villages in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8,090, made up of 4,198 males and 3,892 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2369.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sungal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sungal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181201
Area (hectares)	2369.1 hectares
Population	8,090
Male Population	4,198
Female Population	3,892
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sungal compares

By the 2011 count Sungal is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 2369.1 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Sungal

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

Sungal lies about 28 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 23 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 Sungal
Nearest town	Akhnūr	6.2 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	28 km
District headquarters	Jammu	28 km

Villages closest to Sungal

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 Sungal

As per the Census of India 2011, Sungal village had a population of 8,090. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Sungal village has 4,198 males and 3,892 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sungal has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

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

Sungal covers 2369.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sungal is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 23 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 Sungal.

Sungal is about 28 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sungal is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 6.2 km away. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra is about 23 km away. Akhnoor is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.