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- LGD code
- 1583
- Pincode
- 185151
- Post office
- Naushera
- Population
- 1,827
- Households
- 387
- Literacy rate
- 71.1%
- Sex ratio
- 901 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 590
Census 2011 · in context
How Dandesar compares
By population, Dandesar ranks #12 of 40 villages in Nowshera mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.1%
+2.6% vs mandal average
- Dandesar
- 71.1%
- Nowshera mandal
- 68.5%
- Rajouri district
- 56.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
901
+57 vs mandal average
- Dandesar
- 901
- Nowshera mandal
- 844
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Dandesar
- 4.7
- Nowshera mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dandesar at a glance
Dandesar is a village of 1,827 people in 387 households (Census 2011) in Nowshera tehsil, Rajouri district, Jammu And Kashmir, the 12th-largest of 40 villages in Nowshera tehsil. Literacy is 71%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 69% and the sex ratio is 901 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 185151, served by Naushera post office; the LGD village code is 1583. The village votes in Nowshera assembly constituency, represented by MLA Surinder Kumar Choudhary. The population is estimated at 2,154 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Dandesar
- LGD code
- 1583
- Pincode
- 185151
- Post office
- Naushera
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,827
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,154
- Households
- 387
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 901
- Literacy rate
- 71.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Anantnag-Rajouri
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nowshera
- Member of Parliament
- Mian Altaf Ahmed Larvi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Surinder Kumar Choudhary
- Block / Mandal
- Nowshera
- Nearest police station
- Police Post Bhambla (10.1 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, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)