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About Kadail Village

Kadail is a small village in Atholi tehsil, in the district of Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 489, made up of 244 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kadail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kadail village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kishtwar
Tehsil Atholi
Pincode 182204
Area (hectares) 114.5 hectares
Population 489
Male Population 244
Female Population 245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,004
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 Kadail compares

By the 2011 count Kadail is the 17th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 673 residents. Its 114.5 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Kadail

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

Kadail lies about 38 km from Kishtwar, and the nearest railway station is Banihal, about 93 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 Kadail
Tehsil headquarters Atholi 5.4 km
District headquarters Kishtwar 38 km
Nearest town Kishtwār 38 km
Nearest railway station Banihal 93 km

Villages closest to Kadail

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kadail village had a population of 489. That makes it the 17th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 673 residents.

Kadail village has 244 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kadail has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 924.

The pincode recorded for Kadail is 182204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kadail covers 114.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kadail falls under Atholi tehsil of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Kadail is Banihal, about 93 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 Kadail.

Kadail is about 38 km from Kishtwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kadail is in Atholi tehsil of Kishtwar district. Atholi is about 5.4 km away. Kishtwar is about 38 km away. Kishtwār is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Garh Padder (2.5 km), Gulab Garh (4.7 km) and Mati (4.7 km).

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

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