About Dharmkot Village

Dharmkot is a large village in Billawar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,879, made up of 1,520 males and 1,359 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 541 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharmkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharmkot village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Billawar
Pincode	184203
Area (hectares)	541 hectares
Population	2,879
Male Population	1,520
Female Population	1,359
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dharmkot compares

By the 2011 count Dharmkot is the 15th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents. Its 541 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Dharmkot

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

Dharmkot lies about 25 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Budhi, 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 Dharmkot
Tehsil headquarters	Billawar	6.4 km
Nearest railway station	Budhi	20 km
District headquarters	Kathua	25 km

Villages closest to Dharmkot

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.

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Common questions about Dharmkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharmkot village had a population of 2,879. That makes it the 15th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents.

Dharmkot village has 1,520 males and 1,359 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharmkot has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

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

Dharmkot covers 541 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Dharmkot is Budhi, 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Dharmkot.

Dharmkot is about 25 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharmkot is in Billawar tehsil of Kathua district. Billawar is about 6.4 km away. Budhi is about 20 km away. Kathua is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.