About Jalla Village

Jalla is a small village in Maudaha tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 410, made up of 217 males and 193 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 568.88 hectares hectares.

Jalla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jalla village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Maudaha
Area (hectares)	568.88 hectares
Population	410
Male Population	217
Female Population	193
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Jalla compares

By the 2011 count Jalla is the 120th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,090 residents. Its 568.88 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 859.

Getting to Jalla

Jalla is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Jalla as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jalla from other places

Jalla lies about 32 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 16 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 Jalla
Nearest railway station	Buffer Stop	16 km
Nearest town	Mandi	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maudaha	32 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	32 km

Villages closest to Jalla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jalla village had a population of 410. That makes it the 120th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,090 residents.

Jalla village has 217 males and 193 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jalla has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 859.

Jalla covers 568.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jalla falls under Maudaha tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jalla is Buffer Stop, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available for Jalla.

Jalla is about 32 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jalla is in Maudaha tehsil of Hamirpur district. Buffer Stop is about 16 km away. Mandi is about 20 km away. Maudaha is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.