About Jol Village

Jol is a small village in Jaswan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 150, made up of 72 males and 78 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177111, 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	Jaswan
Pincode	177111
Area (hectares)	149.81 hectares
Population	150
Male Population	72
Female Population	78
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,083
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 70th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 379 residents. Its 149.81 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1092.

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 10 km from Kangra. 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	Jaswan	10 km
District headquarters	Kangra	10 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	13 km

Villages closest to Jol

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jaswan 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 150. That makes it the 70th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 379 residents.

Jol village has 72 males and 78 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jol has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1092.

The pincode recorded for Jol is 177111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jol covers 149.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Jol notes the nearest railway station 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 10 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 Jaswan tehsil of Kangra district. Jaswan is about 10 km away. Kangra is about 10 km away. Dharamsala is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.