About Menkal Village

Menkal is a small village in Handwara tehsil, in the district of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 452, made up of 232 males and 220 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.8 hectares hectares.

Menkal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Menkal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Area (hectares)	32.8 hectares
Population	452
Male Population	232
Female Population	220
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Menkal compares

By the 2011 count Menkal is the 157th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 32.8 hectares work out to about 14 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 Menkal

Menkal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Menkal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Menkal from other places

Menkal lies about 23 km from Kupwara, and the nearest railway station is Baramula, about 28 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 Menkal
Tehsil headquarters	Handwara	14 km
District headquarters	Kupwara	23 km
Nearest town	Kopawor	23 km
Nearest railway station	Baramula	28 km

Villages closest to Menkal

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 Menkal

As per the Census of India 2011, Menkal village had a population of 452. That makes it the 157th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Menkal village has 232 males and 220 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Menkal has about 948 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.

Menkal covers 32.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Menkal is Baramula, about 28 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 - 10 km distance for Menkal.

Menkal is about 23 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Menkal is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Handwara is about 14 km away. Kupwara is about 23 km away. Kopawor is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.