About Sandhi Village

Sandhi is a mid sized village in Bani tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,032, made up of 525 males and 507 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 724 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sandhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sandhi village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Bani
Pincode	184206
Area (hectares)	724 hectares
Population	1,032
Male Population	525
Female Population	507
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	966
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 Sandhi compares

By the 2011 count Sandhi is the 22nd largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,394 residents. Its 724 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Sandhi

Sandhi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sandhi 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 Sandhi from other places

Sandhi lies about 30 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Budhi, about 25 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 Sandhi
Tehsil headquarters	Bani	22 km
Nearest railway station	Budhi	25 km
District headquarters	Kathua	30 km

Villages closest to Sandhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sandhi village had a population of 1,032. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,394 residents.

Sandhi village has 525 males and 507 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sandhi has about 966 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Sandhi is 184206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sandhi covers 724 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sandhi falls under Bani tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Sandhi is Budhi, about 25 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 Sandhi.

Sandhi is about 30 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sandhi is in Bani tehsil of Kathua district. Bani is about 22 km away. Budhi is about 25 km away. Kathua is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.