About Godwal Village

Godwal is a small village in Bishnah tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 323, made up of 177 males and 146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 825 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Godwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Godwal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Bishnah
Pincode	181141
Area (hectares)	59.9 hectares
Population	323
Male Population	177
Female Population	146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	825
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 Godwal compares

By the 2011 count Godwal is the 82nd largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 909 residents. Its 59.9 hectares work out to about 5.4 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 921.

Getting to Godwal

Godwal is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Godwal 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 Godwal from other places

Godwal lies about 18 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bari Brahman, about 5.7 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 Godwal
Nearest railway station	Bari Brahman	5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bishnah	8.5 km
Nearest town	Jammu Cantonment	15 km
District headquarters	Jammu	18 km

Villages closest to Godwal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bishnah 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 Godwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Godwal village had a population of 323. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 909 residents.

Godwal village has 177 males and 146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Godwal has about 825 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

The pincode recorded for Godwal is 181141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Godwal covers 59.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Godwal falls under Bishnah tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Godwal is Bari Brahman, about 5.7 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 Godwal.

Godwal is about 18 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Godwal is in Bishnah tehsil of Jammu district. Bari Brahman is about 5.7 km away. Bishnah is about 8.5 km away. Jammu Cantonment is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.