About Jaroh Village

Jaroh is a small village in Bhoranj tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 285, made up of 127 males and 158 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,244 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jaroh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jaroh village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Bhoranj
Pincode	177024
Area (hectares)	68.46 hectares
Population	285
Male Population	127
Female Population	158
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,244
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jaroh compares

By the 2011 count Jaroh is the 104th largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 335 residents. Its 68.46 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1213.

Getting to Jaroh

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

Jaroh lies about 42 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 46 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 Jaroh
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhoranj	30 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	42 km
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	46 km

Villages closest to Jaroh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jaroh village had a population of 285. That makes it the 104th largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 335 residents.

Jaroh village has 127 males and 158 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jaroh has about 1244 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1213.

The pincode recorded for Jaroh is 177024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jaroh covers 68.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jaroh falls under Bhoranj tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jaroh is Kiratpur Sahib, about 46 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 Jaroh.

Jaroh is about 42 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jaroh is in Bhoranj tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sundarnagar is about 5.9 km away. Bhoranj is about 30 km away. Hamirpur is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.