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About Phal Village

Phal is a small village in Sunderbani tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 140, made up of 68 males and 72 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185156, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phal village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Rajouri
Tehsil Sunderbani
Pincode 185156
Area (hectares) 72.4 hectares
Population 140
Male Population 68
Female Population 72
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,059
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Phal compares

By the 2011 count Phal is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,332 residents. Its 72.4 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 940.

Getting to Phal

Phal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Phal as Available within <5 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 Phal from other places

Phal lies about 38 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 42 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 Phal
Tehsil headquarters Sunderbani under 2 km
Nearest town Akhnūr 28 km
District headquarters Rajouri 38 km
Nearest railway station Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra 42 km

Villages closest to Phal

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

Common questions about Phal

As per the Census of India 2011, Phal village had a population of 140. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,332 residents.

Phal village has 68 males and 72 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phal has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Phal is 185156. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Phal covers 72.4 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.

Phal falls under Sunderbani tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Phal is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 42 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Phal.

Phal is about 38 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phal is in Sunderbani tehsil of Rajouri district. Sunderbani is about under 2 km away. Akhnūr is about 28 km away. Rajouri is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lohara Kot (2.1 km), Thanda Pani (2.4 km) and Marchola (5.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Phal today is likely to be higher.

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