About Jol Village

Jol is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 169, made up of 67 males and 102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,522 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176073, 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	Jaisinghpur
Pincode	176073
Area (hectares)	66.48 hectares
Population	169
Male Population	67
Female Population	102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,522
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 125th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 66.48 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1217.

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 26 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 20 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	Jaisinghpur	18 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	20 km
District headquarters	Kangra	26 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	37 km

Villages closest to Jol

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 Jol

As per the Census of India 2011, Jol village had a population of 169. That makes it the 125th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Jol village has 67 males and 102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jol has about 1522 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Jol is 176073. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jol covers 66.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Jol is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 20 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 26 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 Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Jaisinghpur is about 18 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 20 km away. Kangra is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.