About Rajwal Village

Rajwal 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 1,150, made up of 608 males and 542 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 319.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rajwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rajwal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181203
Area (hectares)	319.7 hectares
Population	1,150
Male Population	608
Female Population	542
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rajwal compares

By the 2011 count Rajwal is the 69th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 319.7 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 Rajwal

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

Rajwal lies about 28 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Vijaypur Jammu, about 8.9 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 Rajwal
Nearest railway station	Vijaypur Jammu	8.9 km
Nearest town	Sāmba	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	28 km
District headquarters	Jammu	28 km

Villages closest to Rajwal

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 Rajwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Rajwal village had a population of 1,150. That makes it the 69th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Rajwal village has 608 males and 542 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rajwal has about 891 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 Rajwal is 181203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rajwal covers 319.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Rajwal is Vijaypur Jammu, about 8.9 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 Rajwal.

Rajwal is about 28 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rajwal is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Vijaypur Jammu is about 8.9 km away. Sāmba is about 15 km away. Akhnoor is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.