About Jalu Village

Jalu is a small village in Nakhatrana tehsil, in the district of Kachchh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 406, made up of 215 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2021.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 370001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jalu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jalu village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Kachchh
Tehsil	Nakhatrana
Pincode	370001
Area (hectares)	2021.51 hectares
Population	406
Male Population	215
Female Population	191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jalu compares

By the 2011 count Jalu is the 80th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,226 residents. Its 2021.51 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Jalu

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

Jalu lies about 48 km from Kachchh, and the nearest railway station is Sukhpur Roha, about 31 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 Jalu
Tehsil headquarters	Nakhatrana	19 km
Nearest railway station	Sukhpur Roha	31 km
Nearest town	Bhuj	43 km
District headquarters	Kachchh	48 km

Villages closest to Jalu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jalu village had a population of 406. That makes it the 80th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,226 residents.

Jalu village has 215 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jalu has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Jalu is 370001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jalu covers 2021.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jalu falls under Nakhatrana tehsil of Kachchh district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Jalu is Sukhpur Roha, about 31 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 village for Jalu.

Jalu is about 48 km from Kachchh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jalu is in Nakhatrana tehsil of Kachchh district. Nakhatrana is about 19 km away. Sukhpur Roha is about 31 km away. Bhuj is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.