About Dhing Village

Dhing is a mid sized village in Nowshehra tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,167, made up of 591 males and 576 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1136.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhing Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhing village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Nowshehra
Pincode	185151
Area (hectares)	1136.4 hectares
Population	1,167
Male Population	591
Female Population	576
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	975
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 Dhing compares

By the 2011 count Dhing is the 30th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 1136.4 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, well above the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Dhing

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

Dhing lies about 36 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 62 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 Dhing
Tehsil headquarters	Nowshehra	9.4 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	33 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	36 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	62 km

Villages closest to Dhing

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhing village had a population of 1,167. That makes it the 30th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Dhing village has 591 males and 576 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhing has about 975 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Dhing is 185151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhing covers 1136.4 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.

Dhing falls under Nowshehra tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Dhing is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 62 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 Dhing.

Dhing is about 36 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhing is in Nowshehra tehsil of Rajouri district. Nowshehra is about 9.4 km away. Rajaori is about 33 km away. Rajouri is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.