About Kalai Village

Kalai is a large village in Haveli tehsil, in the district of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,337, made up of 1,203 males and 1,134 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 463 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalai village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Punch
Tehsil	Haveli
Pincode	185101
Area (hectares)	463 hectares
Population	2,337
Male Population	1,203
Female Population	1,134
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalai compares

By the 2011 count Kalai is the 18th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,161 residents. Its 463 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Kalai

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

Kalai lies about 8.6 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Baramula, about 57 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 Kalai
District headquarters	Punch	8.6 km
Nearest town	Pūnch	8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Haveli	12 km
Nearest railway station	Baramula	57 km

Villages closest to Kalai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalai village had a population of 2,337. That makes it the 18th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,161 residents.

Kalai village has 1,203 males and 1,134 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalai has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 930.

The pincode recorded for Kalai is 185101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalai covers 463 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kalai falls under Haveli tehsil of Punch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Kalai is Baramula, about 57 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Kalai.

Kalai is about 8.6 km from Punch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalai is in Haveli tehsil of Punch district. Punch is about 8.6 km away. Pūnch is about 8.6 km away. Haveli is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.