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- LGD code
- 1616
- Pincode
- 185203
- Post office
- Poni
- Population
- 1,683
- Households
- 386
- Literacy rate
- 57%
- Sex ratio
- 897 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 775
Census 2011 · in context
How Devak compares
By population, Devak ranks #6 of 26 villages in Sundarbani mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.0%
−8.1% vs mandal average
- Devak
- 57.0%
- Sundarbani mandal
- 65.1%
- Rajouri district
- 56.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
897
−55 vs mandal average
- Devak
- 897
- Sundarbani mandal
- 952
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Devak
- 4.4
- Sundarbani mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Devak at a glance
Devak is a village of 1,683 people in 386 households (Census 2011) in Sundarbani tehsil, Rajouri district, Jammu And Kashmir, the 6th-largest of 26 villages in Sundarbani tehsil. Literacy is 57%, 8 points below the tehsil average of 65% and the sex ratio is 897 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 185203, served by Poni post office; the LGD village code is 1616. The village votes in Udhampur East assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ranbir Singh Pathania. The population is estimated at 1,984 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Devak
- LGD code
- 1616
- Pincode
- 185203
- Post office
- Poni
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,683
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,984
- Households
- 386
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 897
- Literacy rate
- 57.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Udhampur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Udhampur East
- Member of Parliament
- Jitendra Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ranbir Singh Pathania
- Block / Mandal
- Sundarbani
- Nearest railway station
- Sangar (11.1 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 185203
Other villages in Sundarbani mandal
View all 26 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)