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About Khanwal Village

Khanwal 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 538, made up of 289 males and 249 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanwal village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kathua
Tehsil Hiranagar
Pincode 184148
Area (hectares) 80 hectares
Population 538
Male Population 289
Female Population 249
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 862
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khanwal compares

By the 2011 count Khanwal is the 83rd largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 80 hectares work out to about 6.7 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 Khanwal

The census records public bus service for Khanwal as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khanwal from other places

Khanwal 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 Khanwal
Nearest railway station Budhi 10 km
District headquarters Kathua 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Hiranagar 15 km

Villages closest to Khanwal

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.

Common questions about Khanwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanwal village had a population of 538. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Khanwal village has 289 males and 249 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanwal has about 862 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 Khanwal is 184148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanwal covers 80 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Khanwal is Budhi, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khanwal.

Khanwal 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.

Khanwal 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.

The closest recorded villages are Khandwal (under 2 km), Salal Pur (under 2 km) and Rampur (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khanwal today is likely to be higher.

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