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About Holiyal Village

Holiyal is a mid sized village in Kargil tehsil, in the district of Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 615, made up of 333 males and 282 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 847 females per 1000 males. The village covers 123.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 194102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Holiyal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Holiyal village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kargil
Tehsil Kargil
Pincode 194102
Area (hectares) 123.83 hectares
Population 615
Male Population 333
Female Population 282
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 847
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Holiyal compares

By the 2011 count Holiyal is the 40th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents. Its 123.83 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 941.

Getting to Holiyal

Holiyal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Holiyal 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. The nearest villages by name are Goshan, Hagnis, Hardas and Haripora. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Holiyal

As per the Census of India 2011, Holiyal village had a population of 615. That makes it the 40th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents.

Holiyal village has 333 males and 282 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Holiyal has about 847 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Holiyal is 194102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Holiyal covers 123.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Holiyal falls under Kargil tehsil of Kargil district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Holiyal notes the nearest railway station 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 Holiyal.

Holiyal is in Kargil tehsil of Kargil district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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