About Najwal Village

Najwal 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 552, made up of 289 males and 263 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 187 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Najwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Najwal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181207
Area (hectares)	187 hectares
Population	552
Male Population	289
Female Population	263
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Najwal compares

By the 2011 count Najwal is the 134th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 187 hectares work out to about 3.0 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 Najwal

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

Najwal lies about 16 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bari Brahman, about 4.5 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 Najwal
Nearest railway station	Bari Brahman	4.5 km
Nearest town	Jammu Cantonment	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	16 km
District headquarters	Jammu	16 km

Villages closest to Najwal

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 Najwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Najwal village had a population of 552. That makes it the 134th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Najwal village has 289 males and 263 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Najwal 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 Najwal is 181207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Najwal covers 187 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Najwal is Bari Brahman, about 4.5 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Najwal.

Najwal is about 16 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Najwal is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Bari Brahman is about 4.5 km away. Jammu Cantonment is about 13 km away. Akhnoor is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.