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About Danna Village

Danna 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 537, made up of 279 males and 258 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 325 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danna village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kathua
Tehsil Bashohli
Pincode 184201
Area (hectares) 325 hectares
Population 537
Male Population 279
Female Population 258
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 925
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 Danna compares

By the 2011 count Danna is the 35th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,720 residents. Its 325 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 902.

Getting to Danna

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

Danna lies about 16 km from Bashohli, and the nearest railway station is Kathua, about 14 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 Danna
Nearest railway station Kathua 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Bashohli 16 km

Villages closest to Danna

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.

Common questions about Danna

As per the Census of India 2011, Danna village had a population of 537. That makes it the 35th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,720 residents.

Danna village has 279 males and 258 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danna has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 902.

The pincode recorded for Danna is 184201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danna covers 325 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Danna is Kathua, about 14 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 Danna.

Danna is about 16 km from Bashohli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danna is in Bashohli tehsil of Kathua district. Kathua is about 14 km away. Bashohli is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bera (3.1 km), Nawshehra (5.8 km) and Thana (7.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Danna today is likely to be higher.

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