About Jangal Village

Jangal is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 173, made up of 89 males and 84 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176082, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jangal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jangal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaisinghpur
Pincode	176082
Area (hectares)	39.18 hectares
Population	173
Male Population	89
Female Population	84
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jangal compares

By the 2011 count Jangal is the 123rd largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 39.18 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1217.

Getting to Jangal

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

Jangal lies about 34 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Panchrukhi, about 22 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 Jangal
Tehsil headquarters	Jaisinghpur	10 km
Nearest railway station	Panchrukhi	22 km
District headquarters	Kangra	34 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	43 km

Villages closest to Jangal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jangal village had a population of 173. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Jangal village has 89 males and 84 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jangal has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Jangal is 176082. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jangal covers 39.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jangal falls under Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jangal is Panchrukhi, about 22 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 Jangal.

Jangal is about 34 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jangal is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Jaisinghpur is about 10 km away. Panchrukhi is about 22 km away. Kangra is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.