About Pachel Village

Pachel 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 668, made up of 334 males and 334 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pachel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pachel village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Bishnah
Pincode	181131
Area (hectares)	168.4 hectares
Population	668
Male Population	334
Female Population	334
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pachel compares

By the 2011 count Pachel is the 50th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 909 residents. Its 168.4 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Pachel

Pachel is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pachel as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Pachel from other places

Pachel lies about 21 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bari Brahman, about 13 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 Pachel
Tehsil headquarters	Bishnah	7.7 km
Nearest railway station	Bari Brahman	13 km
Nearest town	Jammu Cantonment	18 km
District headquarters	Jammu	21 km

Villages closest to Pachel

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 Pachel

As per the Census of India 2011, Pachel village had a population of 668. That makes it the 50th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 909 residents.

Pachel village has 334 males and 334 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pachel has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 921.

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

Pachel covers 168.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Pachel is Bari Brahman, about 13 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 village for Pachel.

Pachel is about 21 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pachel is in Bishnah tehsil of Jammu district. Bishnah is about 7.7 km away. Bari Brahman is about 13 km away. Jammu Cantonment is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.