About Targwal Village

Targwal 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 1,932, made up of 975 males and 957 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 982 females per 1000 males. The village covers 472.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Targwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Targwal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181201
Area (hectares)	472.7 hectares
Population	1,932
Male Population	975
Female Population	957
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	982
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Targwal compares

By the 2011 count Targwal is the 28th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 472.7 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Targwal

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

Targwal lies about 25 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 Targwal
Nearest town	Akhnūr	5.6 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	25 km
District headquarters	Jammu	25 km

Villages closest to Targwal

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 Targwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Targwal village had a population of 1,932. That makes it the 28th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Targwal village has 975 males and 957 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Targwal has about 982 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 947.

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

Targwal covers 472.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Targwal 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 Targwal.

Targwal is about 25 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Targwal is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 5.6 km away. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra is about 18 km away. Akhnoor is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.