About Dhandal Village

Dhandal is a large village in Ramnagar tehsil, in the district of Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,093, made up of 1,548 males and 1,545 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 998 females per 1000 males. The village covers 943.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182147, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhandal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhandal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Udhampur
Tehsil	Ramnagar
Pincode	182147
Area (hectares)	943.3 hectares
Population	3,093
Male Population	1,548
Female Population	1,545
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	998
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhandal compares

By the 2011 count Dhandal is the 11th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents. Its 943.3 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 922.

Getting to Dhandal

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

Dhandal lies about 36 km from Udhampur, and the nearest railway station is Chak Dayala, about 20 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 Dhandal
Tehsil headquarters	Ramnagar	18 km
Nearest railway station	Chak Dayala	20 km
Nearest town	Sāmba	24 km
District headquarters	Udhampur	36 km

Villages closest to Dhandal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhandal village had a population of 3,093. That makes it the 11th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents.

Dhandal village has 1,548 males and 1,545 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhandal has about 998 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 922.

The pincode recorded for Dhandal is 182147. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhandal covers 943.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhandal falls under Ramnagar tehsil of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Dhandal is Chak Dayala, about 20 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 5 - 10 km distance for Dhandal.

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

Dhandal is in Ramnagar tehsil of Udhampur district. Ramnagar is about 18 km away. Chak Dayala is about 20 km away. Sāmba is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.