About Jiar Village

Jiar is a small village in Tira Sujanpur tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 424, made up of 179 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,369 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jiar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jiar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Tira Sujanpur
Pincode	176111
Area (hectares)	95.13 hectares
Population	424
Male Population	179
Female Population	245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,369
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jiar compares

By the 2011 count Jiar is the 22nd largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 196 residents. Its 95.13 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1207.

Getting to Jiar

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

Jiar lies about 31 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, 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 Jiar
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tira Sujanpur	17 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	31 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	34 km

Villages closest to Jiar

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.

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Common questions about Jiar

As per the Census of India 2011, Jiar village had a population of 424. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 196 residents.

Jiar village has 179 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jiar has about 1369 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1207.

The pincode recorded for Jiar is 176111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jiar covers 95.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Jiar is Jawalamukhi Road, about 16 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 Jiar.

Jiar is about 31 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jiar is in Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 16 km away. Tira Sujanpur is about 17 km away. Hamirpur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.