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About Panthan Village

Panthan is a small village in Thathri tehsil, in the district of Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 277, made up of 149 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panthan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panthan village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Doda
Tehsil Thathri
Pincode 182203
Area (hectares) 89.8 hectares
Population 277
Male Population 149
Female Population 128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 859
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 Panthan compares

By the 2011 count Panthan is the 64th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 652 residents. Its 89.8 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Panthan

Panthan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Panthan 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 Panthan from other places

Panthan lies about 13 km from Doda, and the nearest railway station is Udhampur, about 56 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 Panthan
District headquarters Doda 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Thathri 16 km
Nearest railway station Udhampur 56 km

Villages closest to Panthan

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.

Common questions about Panthan

As per the Census of India 2011, Panthan village had a population of 277. That makes it the 64th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 652 residents.

Panthan village has 149 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panthan has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Panthan is 182203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panthan covers 89.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Panthan is Udhampur, about 56 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 Panthan.

Panthan is about 13 km from Doda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panthan is in Thathri tehsil of Doda district. Doda is about 13 km away. Thathri is about 16 km away. Udhampur is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhatola (under 2 km), Gurekra (1.9 km) and Malota (2.3 km).

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

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