About Jamal Village

Jamal is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 140, made up of 72 males and 68 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jamal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jamal village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Kotdwara
Pincode	246128
Area (hectares)	103.15 hectares
Population	140
Male Population	72
Female Population	68
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
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 Jamal compares

By the 2011 count Jamal is the 151st largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 103.15 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Jamal

Jamal is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Jamal 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 Jamal from other places

Jamal lies about 12 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 17 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 Jamal
District headquarters	Garhwal	12 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	17 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	17 km

Villages closest to Jamal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jamal village had a population of 140. That makes it the 151st largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

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

Working from the 2011 counts, Jamal has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Jamal is 246128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jamal covers 103.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jamal falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Jamal is Kotdwara, about 17 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 Jamal.

Jamal is about 12 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jamal is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 12 km away. Kotdwāra is about 17 km away. Kotdwara is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.