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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Ghagwal
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India
| coordinates = {{coord|32.51|N|75.20|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|Union Territory]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Jammu and Kashmir|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Samba district|Samba]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://samba.gov.in/administrative-units-of-ghagwall/|title=Administrative units of Tehsil Ghagwal | District Samba, Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir | India}}</ref>
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| subdivision_name3 = Ghagwal
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| population_total = 1520<ref name="Ghagwal_Population">{{cite web|url=https://ourhero.in/villages/ghagwal-6601|title=Ghagwal Population|work=Our Hero|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Spoken
| demographics1_info1 = [[Dogri language|Dogri]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Urdu language]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 184141<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Ghagwal+184141/@32.5122055,75.2041394,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x391c16f884774fa7:0x5ef13a9679b0c2c1!8m2!3d32.5122063!4d75.2128942?hl=en&authuser=0|title=Ghagwal (Google Maps)|work=Google Maps|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>
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'''Ghagwal''' is a town and municipality in [[Samba district]] of the [[India]]n [[States and union territories of India|union territory]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. The town is located 23 kilometres from district headquarters [[Samba, Jammu and Kashmir|Samba]].
[[Baein]] river flows from east side of Ghagwal

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India]], Ghagwal has 312 households.<ref name="Ghagwal_Population"/> The literacy rate of Ghagwal village was 83.56% compared to 67.16% of Jammu and Kashmir. In Kalarooch, Male literacy stands at 91.72% while the female literacy rate was 75.08%.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Demographics (2011 Census)
! !! Total !! Male !! Female
|-
| Population || 1520 || 788 || 732
|-
| Children aged below 6 years || 194 || 112 || 82
|-
| [[Scheduled caste]] || 656 || 335 || 321
|-
| [[Scheduled tribe]] || 10 || 4 || 6
|-
| Literacy || 83.56% || 91.72% || 75.08%
|-
| Workers (all) || 390 || 354 || 36
|-
| Main workers (total) || 288 || – || –
|-
| Marginal workers (total) || 102 || 97 || 5
|}

==Transport==
===Road===
Ghagwal is connected to other places in Jammu and Kashmir and India by the Srinagar-Kanyakumari Highway NH-44 .

===Rail===
The nearest railway station to Ghagwal is the Ghagwal railway station located in the village.

===Air===
The nearest airport is [[Jammu Airport]] located at a distance of 45 kilometres and is a 1-hour drive.

==See also==
*[[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
*[[Samba district]]
*[[Samba, Jammu and Kashmir|Samba]]

==References==
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{{Municipalities of Jammu and Kashmir}}
{{Jammu and Kashmir}}
[[Category:Villages in Samba district]]

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