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About Danbrah Village

Danbrah is a large village in Billawar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,134, made up of 1,677 males and 1,457 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 721 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danbrah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danbrah village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kathua
Tehsil Billawar
Pincode 184203
Area (hectares) 721 hectares
Population 3,134
Male Population 1,677
Female Population 1,457
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 869
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 Danbrah compares

By the 2011 count Danbrah is the 10th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents. Its 721 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Danbrah

Danbrah is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Danbrah 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 Danbrah from other places

Danbrah lies about 32 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Chak Dayala, about 20 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 Danbrah
Tehsil headquarters Billawar 19 km
Nearest railway station Chak Dayala 20 km
Nearest town Sāmba 28 km
District headquarters Kathua 32 km

Villages closest to Danbrah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Danbrah village had a population of 3,134. That makes it the 10th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents.

Danbrah village has 1,677 males and 1,457 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danbrah has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Danbrah is 184203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danbrah covers 721 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Danbrah falls under Billawar tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Danbrah is Chak Dayala, about 20 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 Danbrah.

Danbrah is about 32 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danbrah is in Billawar tehsil of Kathua district. Billawar is about 19 km away. Chak Dayala is about 20 km away. Sāmba is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Salor (under 2 km), Kandharnu (2.6 km) and Makwal (3.6 km).

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

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