Dhandal, Kastigarh
Dhandal is a village located in the Kashtigarh Tehsil of Doda district of Jammu & Kashmir. The village falls in Kastigarh block and comes under Dhandal-A Halqa Panchayat. It belongs to Udhampur parliament constituency and Ramban assembly constituency.
As on December 2024, the current population of Dhandal is 8.9 thousands out of which 4.7 thousands are males and rest 4.2 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 884 females per 1000 males. There are around 1.6 thousands teenagers in Dhandal. It has literacy rate of 44% which means around 3.9 thousands persons can read and write. Total 353 people belonging to scheduled caste and 776 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 1.7 thousands households in Dhandal, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 2.9 thousands. The pincode of Dhandal is 182147 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.
- Kastigarh Sub Post office
- Dhandal Branch Post office
- Ganika Branch Post office
- Mundhar Branch Post office
Schools
Dhandal has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Govt. Higher Secondary School Kastigarh
- Govt. High School Sooli
- Ghss Gurmal
- Govt. High School Kuddhar
- Sma Kastigarh (Pvt.)
Banks
Dhandal has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.