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- LGD code
- 5732
- Pincode
- 181206
- Post office
- Dumana
- Population
- 288
- Households
- 57
- Literacy rate
- 56.6%
- Sex ratio
- 907 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 129
Census 2011 · in context
How Kangrail compares
By population, Kangrail ranks #29 of 34 villages in Bhalwal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.6%
−11.3% vs mandal average
- Kangrail
- 56.6%
- Bhalwal mandal
- 67.9%
- Jammu district
- 74.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
907
+42 vs mandal average
- Kangrail
- 907
- Bhalwal mandal
- 865
Household size
people per home
5.1
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Kangrail
- 5.1
- Bhalwal mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kangrail at a glance
Kangrail is a village of 288 people in 57 households (Census 2011) in Bhalwal tehsil, Jammu district, Jammu And Kashmir, the 29th-largest of 34 villages in Bhalwal tehsil. Literacy is 57%, 11 points below the tehsil average of 68% and the sex ratio is 907 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 181206, served by Dumana post office; the LGD village code is 5732. The village votes in Shri Mata Vaishno Devi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Baldev Raj Sharma. The population is estimated at 340 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Kangrail
- LGD code
- 5732
- Pincode
- 181206
- Post office
- Dumana
- Population (Census 2011)
- 288
- Population (projected 2026)
- 340
- Households
- 57
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 907
- Literacy rate
- 56.6%
- 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, 2026-09-15
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)