About Kanhal Village

Kanhal is a mid sized village in Bishnah tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,820, made up of 940 males and 880 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 115.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanhal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanhal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Bishnah
Pincode	181132
Area (hectares)	115.3 hectares
Population	1,820
Male Population	940
Female Population	880
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanhal compares

By the 2011 count Kanhal is the 11th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 909 residents. Its 115.3 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Kanhal

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

Kanhal lies about 12 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bari Brahman, about 3.6 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 Kanhal
Tehsil headquarters	Bishnah	3.1 km
Nearest railway station	Bari Brahman	3.6 km
Nearest town	Jammu Cantonment	8.4 km
District headquarters	Jammu	12 km

Villages closest to Kanhal

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 Kanhal

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanhal village had a population of 1,820. That makes it the 11th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 909 residents.

Kanhal village has 940 males and 880 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanhal has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 921.

The pincode recorded for Kanhal is 181132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanhal covers 115.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Kanhal is Bari Brahman, about 3.6 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 Kanhal.

Kanhal is about 12 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanhal is in Bishnah tehsil of Jammu district. Bishnah is about 3.1 km away. Bari Brahman is about 3.6 km away. Jammu Cantonment is about 8.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.