About Khandwal Village

Khandwal is a small village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 300, made up of 155 males and 145 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khandwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandwal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Hiranagar
Pincode	184148
Area (hectares)	103 hectares
Population	300
Male Population	155
Female Population	145
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
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 Khandwal compares

By the 2011 count Khandwal is the 129th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 103 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Khandwal

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

Khandwal lies about 13 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Budhi, about 10 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 Khandwal
Nearest railway station	Budhi	10 km
District headquarters	Kathua	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hiranagar	15 km

Villages closest to Khandwal

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 Khandwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandwal village had a population of 300. That makes it the 129th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Khandwal village has 155 males and 145 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandwal has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Khandwal is 184148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khandwal covers 103 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khandwal is Budhi, about 10 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 Khandwal.

Khandwal is about 13 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khandwal is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Budhi is about 10 km away. Kathua is about 13 km away. Hiranagar is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.