About Ghoral Village

Ghoral is a mid sized village in Bashohli tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,648, made up of 820 males and 828 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 934 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghoral Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghoral village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Bashohli
Pincode	184201
Area (hectares)	934 hectares
Population	1,648
Male Population	820
Female Population	828
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,010
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 Ghoral compares

By the 2011 count Ghoral is the 18th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,720 residents. Its 934 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 902.

Getting to Ghoral

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

Ghoral lies about 17 km from Bashohli, and the nearest railway station is Kathua, about 31 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 Ghoral
Tehsil headquarters	Bashohli	17 km
Nearest railway station	Kathua	31 km

Villages closest to Ghoral

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghoral village had a population of 1,648. That makes it the 18th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,720 residents.

Ghoral village has 820 males and 828 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghoral has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 902.

The pincode recorded for Ghoral is 184201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghoral covers 934 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghoral falls under Bashohli tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Ghoral is Kathua, about 31 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 Ghoral.

Ghoral is about 17 km from Bashohli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghoral is in Bashohli tehsil of Kathua district. Bashohli is about 17 km away. Kathua is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.