Garkhal, Akhnoor

Garkhal is a village and Halqa Panchayat of the Akhnoor Tehsil in Jammu district of Jammu & Kashmir, which falls under Akhnoor block. Kashmir Singh is the President of Garkhal Halqa Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address akhnoorbdo@gmail.com and mobile number 94198xxx87. The Secretary is Uttam, who can be reached at email address mukesh65714@gmail.com and mobile number 94193xxx37. The Panchayat address is Garkhal, Pincode - 181201. You can reach there by taking a bus till Garkhal bus stop which is around 3 km away.

As on May 2024, the current population of Garkhal is 2 thousands out of which 1 thousands are males and rest 950 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 916 females per 1000 males. There are around 213 teenagers in Garkhal. It has literacy rate of 65% which means around 1.3 thousands persons can read and write. Total 362 people belonging to scheduled caste and 273 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 450 households in Garkhal, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 790. The pincode of Garkhal is 181201 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Akhnoor Sub Post office
• Pacca Danga Akhnoor Sub Post office
• Bamal Colony Branch Post office
• Brui Branch Post office
• Gandharwan Branch Post office

Schools

Garkhal has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• High School Garkhal
• Mps Fattu Kotli
• Primary School Rakh Kharoon
• New Morning Star School Jajyal Garkhal
• Primary School Sidherwan

Hospitals

Garkhal has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Bala Sub-Center
• Sub-Center Dhok Khalsa
• Sub-Center Bardhal Khurd
• Piyan Sub-Center
• Sub-Center Tanda

Banks

Garkhal has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• ICICI Bank Akhnoor
• Indian Bank Akhnoor
• Jammu & Kashmir Bank Maira Mandrian Jammu
• Punjab National Bank Akhnoor Jammu
• State Bank of India Akhnoor

Covered villages

Garkhal Halqa Panchayat manages total 4 villages.

• Garkhal
• Jajial
• Rakh Kharoon
• Sidharwan