About Banjal Village

Banjal is a mid sized village in Bani tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 643, made up of 334 males and 309 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 966 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banjal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Bani
Pincode	184206
Area (hectares)	966 hectares
Population	643
Male Population	334
Female Population	309
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
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 Banjal compares

By the 2011 count Banjal is the 26th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,394 residents. Its 966 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Banjal

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

Banjal lies about 41 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Budhi, about 35 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 Banjal
Tehsil headquarters	Bani	28 km
Nearest railway station	Budhi	35 km
District headquarters	Kathua	41 km

Villages closest to Banjal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjal village had a population of 643. That makes it the 26th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,394 residents.

Banjal village has 334 males and 309 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjal has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Banjal is 184206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banjal covers 966 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banjal falls under Bani tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Banjal is Budhi, about 35 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 Banjal.

Banjal is about 41 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banjal is in Bani tehsil of Kathua district. Bani is about 28 km away. Budhi is about 35 km away. Kathua is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.