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About Karyal Khurd Village

Karyal Khurd 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 1,072, made up of 566 males and 506 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 178.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karyal Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karyal Khurd village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Jammu
Tehsil Bishnah
Pincode 181131
Area (hectares) 178.9 hectares
Population 1,072
Male Population 566
Female Population 506
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
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 Karyal Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Karyal Khurd is the 26th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 909 residents. Its 178.9 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Karyal Khurd

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

Karyal Khurd lies about 23 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bari Brahman, about 14 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 Karyal Khurd
Tehsil headquarters Bishnah 9.1 km
Nearest railway station Bari Brahman 14 km
Nearest town Jammu Cantonment 20 km
District headquarters Jammu 23 km

Villages closest to Karyal Khurd

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.

Common questions about Karyal Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Karyal Khurd village had a population of 1,072. That makes it the 26th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 909 residents.

Karyal Khurd village has 566 males and 506 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karyal Khurd has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 921.

The pincode recorded for Karyal Khurd is 181131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karyal Khurd covers 178.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karyal Khurd falls under Bishnah tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Karyal Khurd is Bari Brahman, about 14 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 Karyal Khurd.

Karyal Khurd is about 23 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karyal Khurd is in Bishnah tehsil of Jammu district. Bishnah is about 9.1 km away. Bari Brahman is about 14 km away. Jammu Cantonment is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Fateh Khan (under 2 km), Kilich Pur (under 2 km) and Marhol (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Karyal Khurd today is likely to be higher.

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