About Dhangar Village

Dhangar 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 696, made up of 345 males and 351 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 367.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhangar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhangar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181122
Area (hectares)	367.5 hectares
Population	696
Male Population	345
Female Population	351
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhangar compares

By the 2011 count Dhangar is the 113th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 367.5 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Dhangar

Dhangar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhangar as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Dhangar from other places

Dhangar lies about 33 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Jammu Tawi, about 36 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 Dhangar
Nearest town	Akhnūr	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	33 km
District headquarters	Jammu	33 km
Nearest railway station	Jammu Tawi	36 km

Villages closest to Dhangar

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 Dhangar

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhangar village had a population of 696. That makes it the 113th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Dhangar village has 345 males and 351 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhangar has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Dhangar is 181122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhangar covers 367.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Dhangar is Jammu Tawi, about 36 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 village for Dhangar.

Dhangar is about 33 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhangar is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 18 km away. Akhnoor is about 33 km away. Jammu is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.