About Rakh Dhok Village

Rakh Dhok is a small village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 324, made up of 158 males and 166 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rakh Dhok Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rakh Dhok village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181202
Area (hectares)	172.7 hectares
Population	324
Male Population	158
Female Population	166
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,051
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rakh Dhok compares

By the 2011 count Rakh Dhok is the 168th 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 172.7 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 Rakh Dhok

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

Rakh Dhok lies about 26 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bari Brahman, about 18 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 Rakh Dhok
Nearest railway station	Bari Brahman	18 km
Nearest town	Jammu Cantonment	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	26 km
District headquarters	Jammu	26 km

Villages closest to Rakh Dhok

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 Rakh Dhok

As per the Census of India 2011, Rakh Dhok village had a population of 324. That makes it the 168th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Rakh Dhok village has 158 males and 166 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rakh Dhok has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Rakh Dhok is 181202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rakh Dhok covers 172.7 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.

Rakh Dhok falls under Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Rakh Dhok is Bari Brahman, about 18 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 Rakh Dhok.

Rakh Dhok is about 26 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rakh Dhok is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Bari Brahman is about 18 km away. Jammu Cantonment is about 22 km away. Akhnoor is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.