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About Agral Village

Agral is a mid sized village in Kishtwar tehsil, in the district of Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,040, made up of 561 males and 479 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 279.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Agral Overview

Census 2011 figures for Agral village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kishtwar
Tehsil Kishtwar
Pincode 182204
Area (hectares) 279.6 hectares
Population 1,040
Male Population 561
Female Population 479
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 854
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Agral compares

By the 2011 count Agral is the 35th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,398 residents. Its 279.6 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Agral

Agral is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Agral as Available within 10+ 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Agral from other places

Agral lies about 9.7 km from Kishtwar, and the nearest railway station is Banihal, about 63 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 Agral
Tehsil headquarters Kishtwar 9.7 km
Nearest town Kishtwār 9.7 km
Nearest railway station Banihal 63 km

Villages closest to Agral

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Agral village had a population of 1,040. That makes it the 35th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,398 residents.

Agral village has 561 males and 479 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Agral has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

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

Agral covers 279.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Agral falls under Kishtwar tehsil of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Agral is Banihal, about 63 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 <5 km distance for Agral.

Agral is about 9.7 km from Kishtwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Agral is in Kishtwar tehsil of Kishtwar district. Kishtwar is about 9.7 km away. Kishtwār is about 9.7 km away. Banihal is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Janwas (under 2 km), Bershala (2.6 km) and Chalasu (2.6 km).

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

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