About Narotha Village

Narotha is a small village in Kalakote tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 256, made up of 131 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 954 females per 1000 males. The village covers 255.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Narotha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Narotha village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Kalakote
Pincode	185202
Area (hectares)	255.8 hectares
Population	256
Male Population	131
Female Population	125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	954
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 Narotha compares

By the 2011 count Narotha is the 60th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 255.8 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Narotha

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

Narotha lies about 25 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 52 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 Narotha
Tehsil headquarters	Kalakote	7.6 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	25 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	26 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	52 km

Villages closest to Narotha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Narotha village had a population of 256. That makes it the 60th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Narotha village has 131 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Narotha has about 954 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Narotha is 185202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Narotha covers 255.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Narotha falls under Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Narotha is Dugga, about 52 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 Narotha.

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

Narotha is in Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district. Kalakote is about 7.6 km away. Rajouri is about 25 km away. Rajaori is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.