About Jamal Village

Jamal is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 236, made up of 98 males and 138 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,408 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, 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	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	162.08 hectares
Population	236
Male Population	98
Female Population	138
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,408
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 48th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 162.08 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1206.

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 29 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, 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
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	2.0 km
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	17 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	17 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	29 km

Villages closest to Jamal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Yamkeshwar 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 236. That makes it the 48th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Jamal village has 98 males and 138 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jamal has about 1408 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Jamal is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jamal covers 162.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jamal falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Jamal is Rishikesh, 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 29 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 Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 2.0 km away. Rishīkesh is about 17 km away. Rishikesh is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.