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About Danash Village

Danash is a mid sized village in Beerwah tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 685, made up of 335 males and 350 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danash Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danash village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Beerwah
Pincode 193411
Area (hectares) 51.34 hectares
Population 685
Male Population 335
Female Population 350
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,045
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Danash compares

By the 2011 count Danash is the 67th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents. Its 51.34 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 889.

Getting to Danash

Danash is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Danash as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Danash from other places

Danash lies about 8.7 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 9.1 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 Danash
Tehsil headquarters Beerwah 4.0 km
District headquarters Badgam 8.7 km
Nearest railway station Naid Gaam Railway Station 9.1 km
Nearest town Soyībug 12 km

Villages closest to Danash

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Beerwah 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.

Common questions about Danash

As per the Census of India 2011, Danash village had a population of 685. That makes it the 67th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents.

Danash village has 335 males and 350 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danash has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 889.

The pincode recorded for Danash is 193411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danash covers 51.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Danash falls under Beerwah tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Danash is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 9.1 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Danash.

Danash is about 8.7 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danash is in Beerwah tehsil of Badgam district. Beerwah is about 4.0 km away. Badgam is about 8.7 km away. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about 9.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Danas (under 2 km), Chak Paharthan (under 2 km) and Paharthan (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Danash today is likely to be higher.

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