About Dhanwan Kot Village

Dhanwan Kot is a mid sized village in Rajauri tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 530, made up of 266 males and 264 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhanwan Kot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhanwan Kot village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Rajauri
Pincode	185151
Area (hectares)	232.3 hectares
Population	530
Male Population	266
Female Population	264
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	992
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhanwan Kot compares

By the 2011 count Dhanwan Kot is the 88th 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 232.3 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Dhanwan Kot

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

Dhanwan Kot lies about 17 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 63 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 Dhanwan Kot
Tehsil headquarters	Rajauri	11 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	11 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	17 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	63 km

Villages closest to Dhanwan Kot

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 Dhanwan Kot

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhanwan Kot village had a population of 530. That makes it the 88th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,352 residents.

Dhanwan Kot village has 266 males and 264 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhanwan Kot has about 992 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 920.

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

Dhanwan Kot covers 232.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Dhanwan Kot is Dugga, about 63 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 Dhanwan Kot.

Dhanwan Kot 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.

Dhanwan Kot is in Rajauri tehsil of Rajouri district. Rajauri is about 11 km away. Rajaori is about 11 km away. Rajouri is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.