About Brota Village

Brota is a mid sized village in Ranbir Singh Pora tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,119, made up of 587 males and 532 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Brota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Brota village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Ranbir Singh Pora
Pincode	181102
Area (hectares)	91.1 hectares
Population	1,119
Male Population	587
Female Population	532
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	906
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Brota compares

By the 2011 count Brota is the 43rd largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,040 residents. Its 91.1 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Brota

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

Brota lies about 29 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Vijaypur Jammu, about 7.6 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 Brota
Nearest railway station	Vijaypur Jammu	7.6 km
Nearest town	Sāmba	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ranbir Singh Pora	29 km
District headquarters	Jammu	29 km

Villages closest to Brota

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ranbir Singh Pora 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 Brota

As per the Census of India 2011, Brota village had a population of 1,119. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,040 residents.

Brota village has 587 males and 532 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Brota has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 930.

The pincode recorded for Brota is 181102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Brota covers 91.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Brota falls under Ranbir Singh Pora tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Brota is Vijaypur Jammu, about 7.6 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 Brota.

Brota is about 29 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Brota is in Ranbir Singh Pora tehsil of Jammu district. Vijaypur Jammu is about 7.6 km away. Sāmba is about 12 km away. Ranbir Singh Pora is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.