About Jhakrehr Village

Jhakrehr is a small village in Dharmsala tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 354, made up of 187 males and 167 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176057, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhakrehr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhakrehr village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dharmsala
Pincode	176057
Area (hectares)	68.69 hectares
Population	354
Male Population	187
Female Population	167
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhakrehr compares

By the 2011 count Jhakrehr is the 90th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 68.69 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Jhakrehr

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

Jhakrehr lies about 9.0 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Koparlahar, about 5.7 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 Jhakrehr
Nearest railway station	Koparlahar	5.7 km
District headquarters	Kangra	9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dharmsala	23 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	23 km

Villages closest to Jhakrehr

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhakrehr village had a population of 354. That makes it the 90th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Jhakrehr village has 187 males and 167 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhakrehr has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Jhakrehr is 176057. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jhakrehr covers 68.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jhakrehr falls under Dharmsala tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jhakrehr is Koparlahar, about 5.7 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 Jhakrehr.

Jhakrehr is about 9.0 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhakrehr is in Dharmsala tehsil of Kangra district. Koparlahar is about 5.7 km away. Kangra is about 9.0 km away. Dharmsala is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.