About Phagal Village

Phagal is a small village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 248, made up of 117 males and 131 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,120 females per 1000 males. The village covers 187.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185154, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phagal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phagal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	185154
Area (hectares)	187.8 hectares
Population	248
Male Population	117
Female Population	131
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,120
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Phagal compares

By the 2011 count Phagal is the 180th 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 187.8 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Phagal

Phagal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Phagal as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Phagal from other places

Phagal lies about 14 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bari Brahman, about 2.5 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 Phagal
Nearest railway station	Bari Brahman	2.5 km
Nearest town	Jammu Cantonment	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	14 km
District headquarters	Jammu	14 km

Villages closest to Phagal

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 Phagal

As per the Census of India 2011, Phagal village had a population of 248. That makes it the 180th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Phagal village has 117 males and 131 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phagal has about 1120 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Phagal is 185154. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Phagal covers 187.8 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Phagal is Bari Brahman, about 2.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Phagal.

Phagal is about 14 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phagal is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Bari Brahman is about 2.5 km away. Jammu Cantonment is about 11 km away. Akhnoor is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.