About Sarotah Village

Sarotah is a mid sized village in Kalakote tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 790, made up of 423 males and 367 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 341.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sarotah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarotah village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Kalakote
Pincode	185202
Area (hectares)	341.1 hectares
Population	790
Male Population	423
Female Population	367
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sarotah compares

By the 2011 count Sarotah is the 27th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 341.1 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Sarotah

Sarotah is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sarotah as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Sarotah from other places

Sarotah lies about 11 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 48 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 Sarotah
Tehsil headquarters	Kalakote	7.4 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	11 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	16 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	48 km

Villages closest to Sarotah

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 Sarotah

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarotah village had a population of 790. That makes it the 27th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Sarotah village has 423 males and 367 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarotah has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

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

Sarotah covers 341.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sarotah is Dugga, about 48 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 village for Sarotah.

Sarotah is about 11 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarotah is in Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district. Kalakote is about 7.4 km away. Rajouri is about 11 km away. Rajaori is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.