About Jajwar Village

Jajwar is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 438, made up of 226 males and 212 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 126.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176031, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jajwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jajwar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawalamukhi
Pincode	176031
Area (hectares)	126.12 hectares
Population	438
Male Population	226
Female Population	212
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jajwar compares

By the 2011 count Jajwar is the 28th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 126.12 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 1107.

Getting to Jajwar

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

Jajwar lies about 29 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 21 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 Jajwar
Tehsil headquarters	Jawalamukhi	4.9 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	21 km
District headquarters	Kangra	29 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	41 km

Villages closest to Jajwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jajwar village had a population of 438. That makes it the 28th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Jajwar village has 226 males and 212 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jajwar has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1107.

The pincode recorded for Jajwar is 176031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jajwar covers 126.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jajwar falls under Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jajwar is Jawalamukhi Road, about 21 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 Jajwar.

Jajwar is about 29 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jajwar is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi is about 4.9 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 21 km away. Kangra is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.