About Sajwal Village

Sajwal 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 1,153, made up of 564 males and 589 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,044 females per 1000 males. The village covers 258.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sajwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sajwal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181206
Area (hectares)	258.2 hectares
Population	1,153
Male Population	564
Female Population	589
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,044
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sajwal compares

By the 2011 count Sajwal is the 68th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 258.2 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Sajwal

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

Sajwal lies about 16 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 18 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 Sajwal
Nearest town	Akhnūr	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	16 km
District headquarters	Jammu	16 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	18 km

Villages closest to Sajwal

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 Sajwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Sajwal village had a population of 1,153. That makes it the 68th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Sajwal village has 564 males and 589 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sajwal has about 1044 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Sajwal is 181206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sajwal covers 258.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sajwal is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 18 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 Sajwal.

Sajwal 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.

Sajwal is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 6.5 km away. Akhnoor is about 16 km away. Jammu is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.