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About Khani Bal Village

Khani Bal is a large village in Pampore tehsil, in the district of Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,486, made up of 1,233 males and 1,253 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 351.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 192121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khani Bal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khani Bal village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Pulwama
Tehsil Pampore
Pincode 192121
Area (hectares) 351.7 hectares
Population 2,486
Male Population 1,233
Female Population 1,253
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,016
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khani Bal compares

By the 2011 count Khani Bal is the 8th largest of the 23 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,175 residents. Its 351.7 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Khani Bal

Khani Bal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khani Bal as Available within <5 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 Khani Bal from other places

Khani Bal lies about 38 km from Pulwama, and the nearest railway station is Mazhom, about 16 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 Khani Bal
Nearest town Ganderbal 3.8 km
Nearest railway station Mazhom 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Pampore 24 km
District headquarters Pulwama 38 km

Villages closest to Khani Bal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pampore 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 Khani Bal

As per the Census of India 2011, Khani Bal village had a population of 2,486. That makes it the 8th largest of the 23 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,175 residents.

Khani Bal village has 1,233 males and 1,253 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khani Bal has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Khani Bal is 192121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khani Bal covers 351.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khani Bal falls under Pampore tehsil of Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Khani Bal is Mazhom, about 16 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khani Bal.

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

Khani Bal is in Pampore tehsil of Pulwama district. Ganderbal is about 3.8 km away. Mazhom is about 16 km away. Pampore is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chanda Haro (15 km), Jazer Sitara (15 km) and Let Pora (19 km).

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

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