About Gargal Village

Gargal is a small village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 338, made up of 177 males and 161 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 165.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gargal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gargal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181202
Area (hectares)	165.5 hectares
Population	338
Male Population	177
Female Population	161
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gargal compares

By the 2011 count Gargal is the 166th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 165.5 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 Gargal

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

Gargal lies about 20 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Jammu Tawi, about 24 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 Gargal
Nearest town	Akhnūr	7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	20 km
District headquarters	Jammu	20 km
Nearest railway station	Jammu Tawi	24 km

Villages closest to Gargal

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 Gargal

As per the Census of India 2011, Gargal village had a population of 338. That makes it the 166th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Gargal village has 177 males and 161 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gargal has about 910 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 Gargal is 181202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gargal covers 165.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gargal is Jammu Tawi, about 24 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 Gargal.

Gargal is about 20 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gargal is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 7.0 km away. Akhnoor is about 20 km away. Jammu is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.