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About Khakhial Village

Khakhial is a small village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 157, made up of 82 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khakhial Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khakhial village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Jammu
Tehsil Akhnoor
Pincode 181201
Area (hectares) 121.8 hectares
Population 157
Male Population 82
Female Population 75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 915
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khakhial compares

By the 2011 count Khakhial is the 191st 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 121.8 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Khakhial

Khakhial is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khakhial 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. The nearest villages by name are Kandi, Kandial, Kangral Sangral and Karial. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Khakhial

As per the Census of India 2011, Khakhial village had a population of 157. That makes it the 191st largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Khakhial village has 82 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khakhial has about 915 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 Khakhial is 181201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khakhial covers 121.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Khakhial notes the nearest railway station 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 Khakhial.

Khakhial is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khakhial today is likely to be higher.

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