About Bonthal Village

Bonthal is a small village in Rajauri tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 298, made up of 161 males and 137 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 184.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bonthal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bonthal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Rajauri
Pincode	185151
Area (hectares)	184.5 hectares
Population	298
Male Population	161
Female Population	137
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	851
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bonthal compares

By the 2011 count Bonthal is the 108th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,352 residents. Its 184.5 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Bonthal

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

Bonthal lies about 17 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 61 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 Bonthal
District headquarters	Rajouri	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajauri	21 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	21 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	61 km

Villages closest to Bonthal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bonthal village had a population of 298. That makes it the 108th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,352 residents.

Bonthal village has 161 males and 137 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bonthal has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

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

Bonthal covers 184.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bonthal falls under Rajauri tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Bonthal is Dugga, about 61 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bonthal.

Bonthal is about 17 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bonthal is in Rajauri tehsil of Rajouri district. Rajouri is about 17 km away. Rajauri is about 21 km away. Rajaori is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.