About Sihal Village

Sihal 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 1,368, made up of 699 males and 669 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 679.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sihal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sihal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Nowshehra
Pincode	185151
Area (hectares)	679.9 hectares
Population	1,368
Male Population	699
Female Population	669
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sihal compares

By the 2011 count Sihal is the 26th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 679.9 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Sihal

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

Sihal lies about 32 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 66 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 Sihal
Tehsil headquarters	Nowshehra	3.1 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	28 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	32 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	66 km

Villages closest to Sihal

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 Sihal

As per the Census of India 2011, Sihal village had a population of 1,368. That makes it the 26th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Sihal village has 699 males and 669 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sihal has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 926.

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

Sihal covers 679.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sihal is Dugga, about 66 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 Sihal.

Sihal is about 32 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sihal is in Nowshehra tehsil of Rajouri district. Nowshehra is about 3.1 km away. Rajaori is about 28 km away. Rajouri is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.