About Morthu Jhikla Village

Morthu Jhikla is a small village in Sihunta tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 236, made up of 124 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 244.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Morthu Jhikla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Morthu Jhikla village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Sihunta
Pincode	176207
Area (hectares)	244.94 hectares
Population	236
Male Population	124
Female Population	112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	903
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Morthu Jhikla compares

By the 2011 count Morthu Jhikla is the 59th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 498 residents. Its 244.94 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Morthu Jhikla

Morthu Jhikla is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Morthu Jhikla as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Morthu Jhikla from other places

Morthu Jhikla lies about 30 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 13 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 Morthu Jhikla
Tehsil headquarters	Sihunta	4.4 km
Nearest railway station	Balle Da Pir Larth	13 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	27 km
District headquarters	Chamba	30 km

Villages closest to Morthu Jhikla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sihunta 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 Morthu Jhikla

As per the Census of India 2011, Morthu Jhikla village had a population of 236. That makes it the 59th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 498 residents.

Morthu Jhikla village has 124 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Morthu Jhikla has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Morthu Jhikla is 176207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Morthu Jhikla covers 244.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Morthu Jhikla falls under Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Morthu Jhikla is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Morthu Jhikla.

Morthu Jhikla is about 30 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Morthu Jhikla is in Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district. Sihunta is about 4.4 km away. Balle Da Pir Larth is about 13 km away. Dharamsala is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.