About Garatal Village

Garatal 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 906, made up of 464 males and 442 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 396.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garatal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garatal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181201
Area (hectares)	396.6 hectares
Population	906
Male Population	464
Female Population	442
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	953
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garatal compares

By the 2011 count Garatal is the 88th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 396.6 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Garatal

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

Garatal lies about 21 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Vijaypur Jammu, about 5.0 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 Garatal
Nearest railway station	Vijaypur Jammu	5.0 km
Nearest town	Sāmba	9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	21 km
District headquarters	Jammu	21 km

Villages closest to Garatal

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 Garatal

As per the Census of India 2011, Garatal village had a population of 906. That makes it the 88th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Garatal village has 464 males and 442 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garatal has about 953 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

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

Garatal covers 396.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Garatal is Vijaypur Jammu, about 5.0 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 village for Garatal.

Garatal is about 21 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garatal is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Vijaypur Jammu is about 5.0 km away. Sāmba is about 9.6 km away. Akhnoor is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.