About Beral Village

Beral is a mid sized village in Billawar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,069, made up of 551 males and 518 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 438 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Beral Overview

Census 2011 figures for Beral village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Billawar
Pincode	184203
Area (hectares)	438 hectares
Population	1,069
Male Population	551
Female Population	518
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Beral compares

By the 2011 count Beral is the 59th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents. Its 438 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Beral

Beral is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Beral as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Beral from other places

Beral lies about 36 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Hira Nagar, about 19 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 Beral
Nearest railway station	Hira Nagar	19 km
Nearest town	Sāmba	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Billawar	27 km
District headquarters	Kathua	36 km

Villages closest to Beral

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Beral village had a population of 1,069. That makes it the 59th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents.

Beral village has 551 males and 518 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Beral has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Beral is 184203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Beral covers 438 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Beral falls under Billawar tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Beral is Hira Nagar, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Beral.

Beral is about 36 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Beral is in Billawar tehsil of Kathua district. Hira Nagar is about 19 km away. Sāmba is about 21 km away. Billawar is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.