About Sandel Village

Sandel 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 614, made up of 345 males and 269 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 780 females per 1000 males. The village covers 539.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185154, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sandel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sandel village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	185154
Area (hectares)	539.9 hectares
Population	614
Male Population	345
Female Population	269
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	780
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sandel compares

By the 2011 count Sandel is the 126th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 539.9 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Sandel

Sandel is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sandel as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Sandel from other places

Sandel lies about 24 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 Sandel
Nearest town	Akhnūr	4.0 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	24 km
District headquarters	Jammu	24 km

Villages closest to Sandel

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 Sandel

As per the Census of India 2011, Sandel village had a population of 614. That makes it the 126th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Sandel village has 345 males and 269 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sandel has about 780 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 Sandel is 185154. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sandel covers 539.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Sandel 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sandel.

Sandel 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.

Sandel is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 4.0 km away. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra is about 18 km away. Akhnoor is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.