About Sandot Village

Sandot is a mid sized village in Mendhar tehsil, in the district of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 879, made up of 438 males and 441 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 309 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sandot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sandot village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Punch
Tehsil	Mendhar
Pincode	185111
Area (hectares)	309 hectares
Population	879
Male Population	438
Female Population	441
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,007
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 Sandot compares

By the 2011 count Sandot is the 39th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents. Its 309 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Sandot

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

Sandot lies about 26 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 74 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 Sandot
Tehsil headquarters	Mendhar	7.9 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	23 km
District headquarters	Punch	26 km
Nearest railway station	Naid Gaam Railway Station	74 km

Villages closest to Sandot

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 Sandot

As per the Census of India 2011, Sandot village had a population of 879. That makes it the 39th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents.

Sandot village has 438 males and 441 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sandot has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1014.

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

Sandot covers 309 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sandot is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 74 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 Sandot.

Sandot is about 26 km from Punch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sandot is in Mendhar tehsil of Punch district. Mendhar is about 7.9 km away. Rajaori is about 23 km away. Punch is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.