About Sawalkot Village

Sawalkot is a mid sized village in Gool Gulabgarh tehsil, in the district of Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 801, made up of 428 males and 373 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1610.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sawalkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sawalkot village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Reasi
Tehsil	Gool Gulabgarh
Pincode	182313
Area (hectares)	1610.3 hectares
Population	801
Male Population	428
Female Population	373
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	871
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sawalkot compares

By the 2011 count Sawalkot is the 54th 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 1610.3 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Sawalkot

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

Sawalkot lies about 23 km from Reasi, and the nearest railway station is Basindahar, about 1.5 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 Sawalkot
Nearest railway station	Basindahar	1.5 km
District headquarters	Reasi	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gool Gulabgarh	28 km
Nearest town	Udhampur	29 km

Villages closest to Sawalkot

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.

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Common questions about Sawalkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Sawalkot village had a population of 801. That makes it the 54th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,424 residents.

Sawalkot village has 428 males and 373 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sawalkot has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

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

Sawalkot covers 1610.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Sawalkot is Basindahar, about 1.5 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 Sawalkot.

Sawalkot is about 23 km from Reasi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sawalkot is in Gool Gulabgarh tehsil of Reasi district. Basindahar is about 1.5 km away. Reasi is about 23 km away. Gool Gulabgarh is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.