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About Dardkote Village

Dardkote is a mid sized village in Uri tehsil, in the district of Baramula, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,895, made up of 987 males and 908 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 841.3 hectares hectares.

Dardkote Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dardkote village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Baramula
Tehsil Uri
Area (hectares) 841.3 hectares
Population 1,895
Male Population 987
Female Population 908
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 920
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dardkote compares

By the 2011 count Dardkote is the 13th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,598 residents. Its 841.3 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Dardkote

Dardkote is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dardkote as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Dardkote from other places

Dardkote lies about 36 km from Baramula. 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 Dardkote
Tehsil headquarters Uri 5.0 km
District headquarters Baramula 36 km
Nearest town Bāramūla 36 km

Villages closest to Dardkote

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dardkote village had a population of 1,895. That makes it the 13th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,598 residents.

Dardkote village has 987 males and 908 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dardkote has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 907.

Dardkote covers 841.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dardkote falls under Uri tehsil of Baramula district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Dardkote notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Dardkote.

Dardkote is about 36 km from Baramula in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dardkote is in Uri tehsil of Baramula district. Uri is about 5.0 km away. Baramula is about 36 km away. Bāramūla is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nawa Rundan (1.6 km), Isham (2.3 km) and Shadara (3.2 km).

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

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