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About Butla Village

Butla is a mid sized village in Bhaderwah tehsil, in the district of Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 916, made up of 450 males and 466 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Butla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Butla village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Doda
Tehsil Bhaderwah
Pincode 182222
Area (hectares) 168.4 hectares
Population 916
Male Population 450
Female Population 466
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Butla compares

By the 2011 count Butla is the 23rd largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 545 residents. Its 168.4 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Butla

Butla is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Butla as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Bhasti, Bhatei, Bhatoli and Bheja. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Butla

As per the Census of India 2011, Butla village had a population of 916. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 545 residents.

Butla village has 450 males and 466 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Butla has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Butla is 182222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Butla covers 168.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Butla falls under Bhaderwah tehsil of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir.

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

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Butla.

Butla is in Bhaderwah tehsil of Doda district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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