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- LGD code
- 5752
- Pincode
- 181122
- Post office
- Bhalwal
- Population
- 4,868
- Households
- 995
- Literacy rate
- 74.7%
- Sex ratio
- 857 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,281
Census 2011 · in context
How Amb compares
By population, Amb ranks #2 of 34 villages in Bhalwal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.7%
+6.8% vs mandal average
- Amb
- 74.7%
- Bhalwal mandal
- 67.9%
- Jammu district
- 74.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
857
−8 vs mandal average
- Amb
- 857
- Bhalwal mandal
- 865
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Amb
- 4.9
- Bhalwal mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Amb at a glance
Amb is a village of 4,868 people in 995 households (Census 2011) in Bhalwal tehsil, Jammu district, Jammu And Kashmir, the 2nd-largest of 34 villages in Bhalwal tehsil. Literacy is 75%, 7 points above the tehsil average of 68% and the sex ratio is 857 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 181122, served by Bhalwal post office; the LGD village code is 5752. The village votes in Shri Mata Vaishno Devi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Baldev Raj Sharma. The population is estimated at 5,739 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Amb
- LGD code
- 5752
- Pincode
- 181122
- Post office
- Bhalwal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,868
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,739
- Households
- 995
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 857
- Literacy rate
- 74.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jammu
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Shri Mata Vaishno Devi
- Member of Parliament
- Jugal Kishore Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Baldev Raj Sharma
- Block / Mandal
- Bhalwal
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)