About Danwal Village

Danwal 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 1,262, made up of 629 males and 633 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 603.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danwal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181203
Area (hectares)	603.4 hectares
Population	1,262
Male Population	629
Female Population	633
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Danwal compares

By the 2011 count Danwal is the 58th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 603.4 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Danwal

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

Danwal lies about 32 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Jammu Tawi, about 35 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 Danwal
Nearest town	Akhnūr	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	32 km
District headquarters	Jammu	32 km
Nearest railway station	Jammu Tawi	35 km

Villages closest to Danwal

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 Danwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Danwal village had a population of 1,262. That makes it the 58th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Danwal village has 629 males and 633 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danwal has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Danwal is 181203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danwal covers 603.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Danwal is Jammu Tawi, about 35 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 Danwal.

Danwal is about 32 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danwal is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 18 km away. Akhnoor is about 32 km away. Jammu is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.