About Jol Village

Jol is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 219, made up of 100 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,190 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jol village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	177117
Area (hectares)	71.02 hectares
Population	219
Male Population	100
Female Population	119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,190
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jol compares

By the 2011 count Jol is the 163rd largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 71.02 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Jol

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

Jol lies about 19 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 11 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
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	5.6 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	11 km
District headquarters	Kangra	19 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	34 km

Villages closest to Jol

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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 Jol

As per the Census of India 2011, Jol village had a population of 219. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Jol village has 100 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jol has about 1190 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Jol is 177117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jol covers 71.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jol falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jol is Jawalamukhi Road, about 11 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.

Jol is about 19 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jol is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 5.6 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 11 km away. Kangra is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.