About Ghalian Village

Ghalian is a mid sized village in Kalakote tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,185, made up of 619 males and 566 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 531.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghalian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghalian village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Kalakote
Pincode	185202
Area (hectares)	531.8 hectares
Population	1,185
Male Population	619
Female Population	566
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghalian compares

By the 2011 count Ghalian is the 15th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 531.8 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 919.

Getting to Ghalian

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

Ghalian lies about 42 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 48 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 Ghalian
Tehsil headquarters	Kalakote	24 km
Nearest town	Akhnūr	32 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	42 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	48 km

Villages closest to Ghalian

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghalian village had a population of 1,185. That makes it the 15th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Ghalian village has 619 males and 566 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghalian has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Ghalian is 185202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghalian covers 531.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghalian falls under Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Ghalian is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 48 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 village for Ghalian.

Ghalian is about 42 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghalian is in Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district. Kalakote is about 24 km away. Akhnūr is about 32 km away. Rajouri is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.