About Athoon Village

Athoon is a mid sized village in Bashohli tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,043, made up of 569 males and 474 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2236 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Athoon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Athoon village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Bashohli
Pincode	184202
Area (hectares)	2236 hectares
Population	1,043
Male Population	569
Female Population	474
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	833
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Athoon compares

By the 2011 count Athoon is the 32nd largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,720 residents. Its 2236 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 902.

Getting to Athoon

Athoon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Athoon as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Athoon from other places

Athoon lies about 53 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Talara, 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 Athoon
Nearest town	Chamba	17 km
Nearest railway station	Talara	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bashohli	27 km
District headquarters	Kathua	53 km

Villages closest to Athoon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Athoon village had a population of 1,043. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,720 residents.

Athoon village has 569 males and 474 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Athoon has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 902.

The pincode recorded for Athoon is 184202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Athoon covers 2236 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Athoon falls under Bashohli tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Athoon is Talara, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Athoon.

Athoon is about 53 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Athoon is in Bashohli tehsil of Kathua district. Chamba is about 17 km away. Talara is about 25 km away. Bashohli is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.