About Jad Village

Jad is a large village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,130, made up of 1,101 males and 1,029 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 954.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jad village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181202
Area (hectares)	954.3 hectares
Population	2,130
Male Population	1,101
Female Population	1,029
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jad compares

By the 2011 count Jad is the 18th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 954.3 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Jad

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

Jad lies about 29 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 32 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 Jad
Nearest town	Akhnūr	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	29 km
District headquarters	Jammu	29 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	32 km

Villages closest to Jad

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 Jad

As per the Census of India 2011, Jad village had a population of 2,130. That makes it the 18th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Jad village has 1,101 males and 1,029 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jad has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Jad is 181202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jad covers 954.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Jad is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 32 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 Jad.

Jad is about 29 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jad is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 12 km away. Akhnoor is about 29 km away. Jammu is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.