About Dandakot Village

Dandakot is a mid sized village in Gool Gulabgarh tehsil, in the district of Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 803, made up of 377 males and 426 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,130 females per 1000 males. The village covers 378.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182315, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dandakot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dandakot village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Reasi
Tehsil	Gool Gulabgarh
Pincode	182315
Area (hectares)	378.4 hectares
Population	803
Male Population	377
Female Population	426
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,130
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 Dandakot compares

By the 2011 count Dandakot is the 53rd largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,424 residents. Its 378.4 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Dandakot

Dandakot is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dandakot 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 Dandakot from other places

Dandakot lies about 34 km from Reasi, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 28 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 Dandakot
Tehsil headquarters	Gool Gulabgarh	13 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	28 km
District headquarters	Reasi	34 km
Nearest town	Kulgam	39 km

Villages closest to Dandakot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gool Gulabgarh 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 Dandakot

As per the Census of India 2011, Dandakot village had a population of 803. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,424 residents.

Dandakot village has 377 males and 426 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dandakot has about 1130 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Dandakot is 182315. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dandakot covers 378.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dandakot falls under Gool Gulabgarh tehsil of Reasi district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Dandakot is Dugga, about 28 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 Dandakot.

Dandakot is about 34 km from Reasi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dandakot is in Gool Gulabgarh tehsil of Reasi district. Gool Gulabgarh is about 13 km away. Dugga is about 28 km away. Reasi is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.