About Kolai Village

Kolai is a small village in Thathri tehsil, in the district of Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 144, made up of 74 males and 70 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 26.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kolai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kolai village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Doda
Tehsil	Thathri
Pincode	182201
Area (hectares)	26.3 hectares
Population	144
Male Population	74
Female Population	70
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kolai compares

By the 2011 count Kolai is the 85th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 652 residents. Its 26.3 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 960.

Getting to Kolai

Kolai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kolai as Available within 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kolai from other places

Kolai lies about 22 km from Doda, and the nearest railway station is Banihal, about 59 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 Kolai
Nearest town	Kishtwār	10 km
District headquarters	Doda	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thathri	25 km
Nearest railway station	Banihal	59 km

Villages closest to Kolai

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

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Common questions about Kolai

As per the Census of India 2011, Kolai village had a population of 144. That makes it the 85th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 652 residents.

Kolai village has 74 males and 70 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kolai has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Kolai is 182201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kolai covers 26.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kolai falls under Thathri tehsil of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Kolai is Banihal, about 59 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kolai.

Kolai is about 22 km from Doda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kolai is in Thathri tehsil of Doda district. Kishtwār is about 10 km away. Doda is about 22 km away. Thathri is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.