About Dansal Village

Dansal is a small village in Jammu tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 382, made up of 195 males and 187 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dansal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dansal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Jammu
Pincode	181224
Area (hectares)	37.6 hectares
Population	382
Male Population	195
Female Population	187
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	959
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dansal compares

By the 2011 count Dansal is the 207th largest of the 304 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 918 residents. Its 37.6 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Dansal

Dansal is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dansal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Dansal from other places

Dansal lies about 13 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bari Brahman, about 3.4 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 Dansal
Nearest railway station	Bari Brahman	3.4 km
Nearest town	Jammu Cantonment	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jammu	13 km

Villages closest to Dansal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dansal village had a population of 382. That makes it the 207th largest of the 304 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 918 residents.

Dansal village has 195 males and 187 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dansal has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Dansal is 181224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dansal covers 37.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dansal falls under Jammu tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Dansal is Bari Brahman, about 3.4 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 10+ km distance for Dansal.

Dansal is about 13 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dansal is in Jammu tehsil of Jammu district. Bari Brahman is about 3.4 km away. Jammu Cantonment is about 10 km away. Jammu is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.