About Gadiyal Village

Gadiyal is a mid sized village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 876, made up of 474 males and 402 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gadiyal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gadiyal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Hiranagar
Pincode	184144
Area (hectares)	132 hectares
Population	876
Male Population	474
Female Population	402
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gadiyal compares

By the 2011 count Gadiyal is the 44th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 132 hectares work out to about 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Gadiyal

Gadiyal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gadiyal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Gadiyal from other places

Gadiyal lies about 22 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Chak Dayala, about 5.7 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 Gadiyal
Tehsil headquarters	Hiranagar	4.4 km
Nearest railway station	Chak Dayala	5.7 km
District headquarters	Kathua	22 km

Villages closest to Gadiyal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gadiyal village had a population of 876. That makes it the 44th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Gadiyal village has 474 males and 402 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gadiyal has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Gadiyal is 184144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gadiyal covers 132 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gadiyal falls under Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Gadiyal is Chak Dayala, about 5.7 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Gadiyal.

Gadiyal is about 22 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gadiyal is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Hiranagar is about 4.4 km away. Chak Dayala is about 5.7 km away. Kathua is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.