About Dana Village

Dana is a mid sized village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 945, made up of 508 males and 437 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1220.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185154, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dana village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	185154
Area (hectares)	1220.1 hectares
Population	945
Male Population	508
Female Population	437
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	860
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dana compares

By the 2011 count Dana is the 86th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 1220.1 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Dana

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

Dana lies about 12 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Jammu Tawi, about 12 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 Dana
Nearest town	Jammu Cantonment	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	12 km
District headquarters	Jammu	12 km
Nearest railway station	Jammu Tawi	12 km

Villages closest to Dana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dana village had a population of 945. That makes it the 86th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Dana village has 508 males and 437 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dana has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Dana is 185154. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dana covers 1220.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dana falls under Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Dana is Jammu Tawi, about 12 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Dana.

Dana is about 12 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dana is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Jammu Cantonment is about 10 km away. Akhnoor is about 12 km away. Jammu is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.