About Dharana Village

Dharana is a large village in Mendhar tehsil, in the district of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,133, made up of 1,989 males and 2,144 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 910 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharana village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Punch
Tehsil	Mendhar
Pincode	185111
Area (hectares)	910 hectares
Population	4,133
Male Population	1,989
Female Population	2,144
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,078
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 Dharana compares

By the 2011 count Dharana is the 11th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents. Its 910 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Dharana

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

Dharana lies about 18 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 72 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 Dharana
Tehsil headquarters	Mendhar	1.5 km
District headquarters	Punch	18 km
Nearest town	Pūnch	18 km
Nearest railway station	Naid Gaam Railway Station	72 km

Villages closest to Dharana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharana village had a population of 4,133. That makes it the 11th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents.

Dharana village has 1,989 males and 2,144 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharana has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Dharana is 185111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharana covers 910 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dharana falls under Mendhar tehsil of Punch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Dharana is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 72 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 Dharana.

Dharana is about 18 km from Punch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharana is in Mendhar tehsil of Punch district. Mendhar is about 1.5 km away. Punch is about 18 km away. Pūnch is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.