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About Rukali Kalan Village

Rukali Kalan is a small village in Thathri tehsil, in the district of Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 480, made up of 230 males and 250 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,087 females per 1000 males. The village covers 166.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rukali Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rukali Kalan village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Doda
Tehsil Thathri
Pincode 182201
Area (hectares) 166.3 hectares
Population 480
Male Population 230
Female Population 250
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,087
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Rukali Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Rukali Kalan is the 44th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 652 residents. Its 166.3 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Rukali Kalan

Rukali Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Rukali Kalan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Rukali Kalan from other places

Rukali Kalan lies about 7.6 km from Doda, and the nearest railway station is Udhampur, about 47 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 Rukali Kalan
District headquarters Doda 7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Thathri 9.1 km
Nearest railway station Udhampur 47 km

Villages closest to Rukali Kalan

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 Rukali Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Rukali Kalan village had a population of 480. That makes it the 44th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 652 residents.

Rukali Kalan village has 230 males and 250 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rukali Kalan has about 1087 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 960.

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

Rukali Kalan covers 166.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Rukali Kalan is Udhampur, about 47 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Rukali Kalan.

Rukali Kalan is about 7.6 km from Doda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rukali Kalan is in Thathri tehsil of Doda district. Doda is about 7.6 km away. Thathri is about 9.1 km away. Udhampur is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jora Kalan (under 2 km), Kuthiara (under 2 km) and Bhatoli (2.0 km).

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

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