About Makwal Village

Makwal is a large village in Billawar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,947, made up of 1,594 males and 1,353 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 849 females per 1000 males. The village covers 807 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makwal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Billawar
Pincode	184205
Area (hectares)	807 hectares
Population	2,947
Male Population	1,594
Female Population	1,353
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	849
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 Makwal compares

By the 2011 count Makwal is the 13th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents. Its 807 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 894.

Getting to Makwal

Makwal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Makwal 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 Makwal from other places

Makwal lies about 34 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Chak Dayala, 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 Makwal
Nearest railway station	Chak Dayala	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Billawar	22 km
Nearest town	Sāmba	25 km
District headquarters	Kathua	34 km

Villages closest to Makwal

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.

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Makwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Makwal village had a population of 2,947. That makes it the 13th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents.

Makwal village has 1,594 males and 1,353 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makwal has about 849 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Makwal is 184205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makwal covers 807 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Makwal is Chak Dayala, 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 Makwal.

Makwal is about 34 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makwal is in Billawar tehsil of Kathua district. Chak Dayala is about 19 km away. Billawar is about 22 km away. Sāmba is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.