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- LGD code
- 1305
- Pincode
- 185135
- Post office
- Darhal Malkan
- Population
- 1,395
- Households
- 299
- Literacy rate
- 71.6%
- Sex ratio
- 850 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 780
Census 2011 · in context
How Kothra compares
By population, Kothra ranks #8 of 11 villages in Darhal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.6%
+12.6% vs mandal average
Kothra71.6%
Darhal mandal59.0%
Rajouri district56.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
850
−45 vs mandal average
Kothra850
Darhal mandal895
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.1 vs mandal average
Kothra4.7
Darhal mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kothra at a glance
Kothra is a village of 1,395 people in 299 households (Census 2011) in Darhal tehsil, Rajouri district, Jammu And Kashmir, the 8th-largest of 11 villages in Darhal tehsil. Literacy is 72%, 13 points above the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 850 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 185135, served by Darhal Malkan post office; the LGD village code is 1305. The village votes in Chhamb assembly constituency, represented by MLA Satish Sharma. The population is estimated at 1,645 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Kothra
- LGD code
- 1305
- Pincode
- 185135
- Post office
- Darhal Malkan
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,395
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,645
- Households
- 299
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 850
- Literacy rate
- 71.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jammu
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chhamb
- Member of Parliament
- Jugal Kishore Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Satish Sharma
- Block / Mandal
- Darhal
- Nearest PHC
- Dr. Wahab Homoeopathic Clinic (15.5 km)
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)