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About Danpour Village

Danpour is a small village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 277, made up of 147 males and 130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 372.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danpour Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danpour village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Jammu
Tehsil Akhnoor
Pincode 181202
Area (hectares) 372.3 hectares
Population 277
Male Population 147
Female Population 130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 884
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Danpour compares

By the 2011 count Danpour is the 173rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 372.3 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 Danpour

Danpour is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Danpour as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Danpour from other places

Danpour lies about 28 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Jammu Tawi, about 31 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 Danpour
Nearest town Raipur Domana 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Akhnoor 28 km
District headquarters Jammu 28 km
Nearest railway station Jammu Tawi 31 km

Villages closest to Danpour

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.

Common questions about Danpour

As per the Census of India 2011, Danpour village had a population of 277. That makes it the 173rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Danpour village has 147 males and 130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danpour has about 884 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 Danpour is 181202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danpour covers 372.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Danpour is Jammu Tawi, about 31 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 <5 km distance for Danpour.

Danpour is about 28 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danpour is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Raipur Domana is about 21 km away. Akhnoor is about 28 km away. Jammu is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Tagwal (under 2 km), Tagwal (under 2 km) and Kotli Manhasan (under 2 km).

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

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