About Surajpur Jhikla Village

Surajpur Jhikla is a mid sized village in Indora tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,629, made up of 888 males and 741 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 834 females per 1000 males. The village covers 214 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surajpur Jhikla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surajpur Jhikla village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Indora
Pincode	176403
Area (hectares)	214 hectares
Population	1,629
Male Population	888
Female Population	741
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	834
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Surajpur Jhikla compares

By the 2011 count Surajpur Jhikla is the 14th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 690 residents. Its 214 hectares work out to about 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Surajpur Jhikla

Surajpur Jhikla is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Surajpur Jhikla 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Surajpur Jhikla from other places

Surajpur Jhikla lies about 56 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kandrori, about 2.8 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 Surajpur Jhikla
Nearest railway station	Kandrori	2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Indora	7.6 km
Nearest town	Pathānkot	7.8 km
District headquarters	Kangra	56 km

Villages closest to Surajpur Jhikla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Indora 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 Surajpur Jhikla

As per the Census of India 2011, Surajpur Jhikla village had a population of 1,629. That makes it the 14th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 690 residents.

Surajpur Jhikla village has 888 males and 741 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surajpur Jhikla has about 834 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Surajpur Jhikla is 176403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Surajpur Jhikla covers 214 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Surajpur Jhikla falls under Indora tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Surajpur Jhikla is Kandrori, about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Surajpur Jhikla is about 56 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surajpur Jhikla is in Indora tehsil of Kangra district. Kandrori is about 2.8 km away. Indora is about 7.6 km away. Pathānkot is about 7.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.