About Bargal Kalan Village

Bargal Kalan 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 917, made up of 493 males and 424 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 219.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bargal Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bargal Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181201
Area (hectares)	219.3 hectares
Population	917
Male Population	493
Female Population	424
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	860
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bargal Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Bargal Kalan is the 87th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 219.3 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Bargal Kalan

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

Bargal Kalan lies about 24 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bari Brahman, about 16 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 Bargal Kalan
Nearest railway station	Bari Brahman	16 km
Nearest town	Jammu Cantonment	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	24 km
District headquarters	Jammu	24 km

Villages closest to Bargal Kalan

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 Bargal Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Bargal Kalan village had a population of 917. That makes it the 87th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Bargal Kalan village has 493 males and 424 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bargal Kalan has about 860 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 Bargal Kalan is 181201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bargal Kalan covers 219.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bargal Kalan falls under Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Bargal Kalan is Bari Brahman, about 16 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 village for Bargal Kalan.

Bargal Kalan is about 24 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bargal Kalan is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Bari Brahman is about 16 km away. Jammu Cantonment is about 21 km away. Akhnoor is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.