About Kinal Village

Kinal is a mid sized village in Handwara tehsil, in the district of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,427, made up of 733 males and 694 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124.6 hectares hectares.

Kinal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kinal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Area (hectares)	124.6 hectares
Population	1,427
Male Population	733
Female Population	694
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kinal compares

By the 2011 count Kinal is the 62nd largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 124.6 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Kinal

Kinal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kinal as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Kinal from other places

Kinal lies about 14 km from Kupwara, and the nearest railway station is Baramula, about 36 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 Kinal
District headquarters	Kupwara	14 km
Nearest town	Kopawor	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Handwara	15 km
Nearest railway station	Baramula	36 km

Villages closest to Kinal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kinal village had a population of 1,427. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Kinal village has 733 males and 694 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kinal has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 929.

Kinal covers 124.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Kinal falls under Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Kinal is Baramula, about 36 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kinal.

Kinal is about 14 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kinal is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Kupwara is about 14 km away. Kopawor is about 14 km away. Handwara is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.