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About Palwan Village

Palwan 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 726, made up of 388 males and 338 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 208.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palwan village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Jammu
Tehsil Akhnoor
Pincode 181201
Area (hectares) 208.4 hectares
Population 726
Male Population 388
Female Population 338
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 871
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Palwan compares

By the 2011 count Palwan is the 106th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 208.4 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Palwan

Palwan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palwan as Available within <5 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 Palwan from other places

Palwan lies about 24 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, 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 Palwan
Nearest town Akhnūr 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Akhnoor 24 km
District headquarters Jammu 24 km
Nearest railway station Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra 24 km

Villages closest to Palwan

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.

Common questions about Palwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Palwan village had a population of 726. That makes it the 106th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Palwan village has 388 males and 338 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palwan has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

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

Palwan covers 208.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Palwan is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Palwan.

Palwan is about 24 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palwan is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 3.7 km away. Akhnoor is about 24 km away. Jammu is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kot (2.2 km), Kot Maira (2.2 km) and Bhatiare (2.7 km).

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

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