About Johl Village

Johl is a small village in Galore tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 110, made up of 51 males and 59 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,157 females per 1000 males. The village covers 31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177006, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Johl Overview

Census 2011 figures for Johl village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Galore
Pincode	177006
Area (hectares)	31 hectares
Population	110
Male Population	51
Female Population	59
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,157
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Johl compares

By the 2011 count Johl is the 80th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 251 residents. Its 31 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1177.

Getting to Johl

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

Johl lies about 17 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 30 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 Johl
District headquarters	Hamirpur	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Galore	19 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	30 km
Nearest town	Nangal	44 km

Villages closest to Johl

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Johl village had a population of 110. That makes it the 80th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 251 residents.

Johl village has 51 males and 59 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Johl has about 1157 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1177.

The pincode recorded for Johl is 177006. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Johl covers 31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Johl falls under Galore tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Johl is Jawalamukhi Road, about 30 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 Johl.

Johl is about 17 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Johl is in Galore tehsil of Hamirpur district. Hamirpur is about 17 km away. Galore is about 19 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.