About Kalal Village

Kalal is a mid sized village in Nowshehra tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 830, made up of 433 males and 397 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 934.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Nowshehra
Pincode	185151
Area (hectares)	934.4 hectares
Population	830
Male Population	433
Female Population	397
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalal compares

By the 2011 count Kalal is the 36th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 934.4 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Kalal

Kalal is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kalal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Kalal from other places

Kalal lies about 37 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 67 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 Kalal
Tehsil headquarters	Nowshehra	8.3 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	33 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	37 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	67 km

Villages closest to Kalal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalal village had a population of 830. That makes it the 36th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Kalal village has 433 males and 397 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalal has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Kalal is 185151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalal covers 934.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kalal falls under Nowshehra tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Kalal is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 67 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 10+ km distance for Kalal.

Kalal is about 37 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalal is in Nowshehra tehsil of Rajouri district. Nowshehra is about 8.3 km away. Rajaori is about 33 km away. Rajouri is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.