About Ganjnal Village

Ganjnal is a small village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 45, made up of 25 males and 20 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 167 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ganjnal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganjnal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Hiranagar
Pincode	184148
Area (hectares)	167 hectares
Population	45
Male Population	25
Female Population	20
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	800
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 Ganjnal compares

By the 2011 count Ganjnal is the 186th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 167 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Ganjnal

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

Ganjnal lies about 22 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Chhan Arorian, about 12 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 Ganjnal
Tehsil headquarters	Hiranagar	9.3 km
Nearest railway station	Chhan Arorian	12 km
District headquarters	Kathua	22 km

Villages closest to Ganjnal

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 Ganjnal

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganjnal village had a population of 45. That makes it the 186th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Ganjnal village has 25 males and 20 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganjnal has about 800 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 Ganjnal is 184148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ganjnal covers 167 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Ganjnal is Chhan Arorian, about 12 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 Ganjnal.

Ganjnal 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.

Ganjnal is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Hiranagar is about 9.3 km away. Chhan Arorian is about 12 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.