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About Sarthala Village

Sarthala is a small village in Gool Gulabgarh tehsil, in the district of Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 447, made up of 229 males and 218 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 637.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sarthala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarthala village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Reasi
Tehsil Gool Gulabgarh
Pincode 182313
Area (hectares) 637.8 hectares
Population 447
Male Population 229
Female Population 218
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 952
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sarthala compares

By the 2011 count Sarthala is the 58th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,424 residents. Its 637.8 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Sarthala

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

Sarthala lies about 18 km from Reasi, and the nearest railway station is Basindahar, about 3.2 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 Sarthala
Nearest railway station Basindahar 3.2 km
District headquarters Reasi 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Gool Gulabgarh 25 km
Nearest town Udhampur 28 km

Villages closest to Sarthala

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gool Gulabgarh 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 Sarthala

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarthala village had a population of 447. That makes it the 58th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,424 residents.

Sarthala village has 229 males and 218 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarthala has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Sarthala is 182313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sarthala covers 637.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sarthala falls under Gool Gulabgarh tehsil of Reasi district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Sarthala is Basindahar, about 3.2 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 Sarthala.

Sarthala is about 18 km from Reasi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarthala is in Gool Gulabgarh tehsil of Reasi district. Basindahar is about 3.2 km away. Reasi is about 18 km away. Gool Gulabgarh is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khanikot (2.0 km), Dhansal (3.3 km) and Sawalkot (4.6 km).

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

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