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About Jol Kalan Village

Jol Kalan is a small village in Tira Sujanpur tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 78, made up of 38 males and 40 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,053 females per 1000 males. The village covers 20.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jol Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jol Kalan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Tira Sujanpur
Pincode 176110
Area (hectares) 20.18 hectares
Population 78
Male Population 38
Female Population 40
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,053
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Jol Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Jol Kalan is the 129th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 196 residents. Its 20.18 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1207.

Getting to Jol Kalan

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

Jol Kalan lies about 16 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Panchrukhi, about 26 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 Jol Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Tira Sujanpur under 2 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 16 km
Nearest railway station Panchrukhi 26 km
Nearest town Mandi 43 km

Villages closest to Jol Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tira Sujanpur 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.

Common questions about Jol Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Jol Kalan village had a population of 78. That makes it the 129th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 196 residents.

Jol Kalan village has 38 males and 40 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jol Kalan has about 1053 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1207.

The pincode recorded for Jol Kalan is 176110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jol Kalan covers 20.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jol Kalan falls under Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jol Kalan is Panchrukhi, about 26 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 Jol Kalan.

Jol Kalan is about 16 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jol Kalan is in Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district. Tira Sujanpur is about under 2 km away. Hamirpur is about 16 km away. Panchrukhi is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tikkar (under 2 km), Tira (under 2 km) and Meharpura (1.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Jol Kalan today is likely to be higher.

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