About Dhowk Village

Dhowk is a mid sized village in Thanamandi tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,432, made up of 774 males and 658 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 272.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhowk Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhowk village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Thanamandi
Pincode	185212
Area (hectares)	272.8 hectares
Population	1,432
Male Population	774
Female Population	658
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	850
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhowk compares

By the 2011 count Dhowk is the 20th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,946 residents. Its 272.8 hectares work out to about 5.2 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 932.

Getting to Dhowk

Dhowk is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dhowk as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Dhowk from other places

Dhowk 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 Dhowk
Tehsil headquarters	Thanamandi	2.4 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	17 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	19 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	63 km

Villages closest to Dhowk

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhowk village had a population of 1,432. That makes it the 20th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,946 residents.

Dhowk village has 774 males and 658 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhowk has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

The pincode recorded for Dhowk is 185212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhowk covers 272.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhowk falls under Thanamandi tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Dhowk 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dhowk.

Dhowk 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.

Dhowk is in Thanamandi tehsil of Rajouri district. Thanamandi is about 2.4 km away. Rajouri is about 17 km away. Rajaori is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.