About Pondal Village

Pondal is a small village in Kalakote tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 251, made up of 121 males and 130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,074 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pondal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pondal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Kalakote
Pincode	185202
Area (hectares)	133.5 hectares
Population	251
Male Population	121
Female Population	130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,074
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pondal compares

By the 2011 count Pondal is the 61st largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 133.5 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Pondal

Pondal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Pondal as Available within 5 - 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 Pondal from other places

Pondal lies about 48 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 53 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 Pondal
Tehsil headquarters	Kalakote	30 km
Nearest town	Akhnūr	34 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	48 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	53 km

Villages closest to Pondal

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 Pondal

As per the Census of India 2011, Pondal village had a population of 251. That makes it the 61st largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Pondal village has 121 males and 130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pondal has about 1074 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 919.

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

Pondal covers 133.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Pondal is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 53 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 5 - 10 km distance for Pondal.

Pondal is about 48 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pondal is in Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district. Kalakote is about 30 km away. Akhnūr is about 34 km away. Rajouri is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.