About Gakhral Village

Gakhral 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 1,777, made up of 927 males and 850 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 621.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gakhral Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gakhral village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181206
Area (hectares)	621.2 hectares
Population	1,777
Male Population	927
Female Population	850
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gakhral compares

By the 2011 count Gakhral is the 35th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 621.2 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 Gakhral

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

Gakhral lies about 9.0 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bajalta, about 5.7 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 Gakhral
Nearest railway station	Bajalta	5.7 km
Nearest town	Jammu Cantonment	8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	9.0 km
District headquarters	Jammu	9.0 km

Villages closest to Gakhral

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 Gakhral

As per the Census of India 2011, Gakhral village had a population of 1,777. That makes it the 35th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Gakhral village has 927 males and 850 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gakhral has about 917 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 Gakhral is 181206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gakhral covers 621.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gakhral is Bajalta, about 5.7 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 Gakhral.

Gakhral is about 9.0 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gakhral is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Bajalta is about 5.7 km away. Jammu Cantonment is about 8.7 km away. Akhnoor is about 9.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.