About Jol Village

Jol is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 147, made up of 66 males and 81 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,227 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176036, 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	Jawalamukhi
Pincode	176036
Area (hectares)	61.88 hectares
Population	147
Male Population	66
Female Population	81
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,227
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 96th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 61.88 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1107.

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 29 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, 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 Jol
Tehsil headquarters	Jawalamukhi	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	22 km
District headquarters	Kangra	29 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	40 km

Villages closest to Jol

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 Jol

As per the Census of India 2011, Jol village had a population of 147. That makes it the 96th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Jol village has 66 males and 81 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jol has about 1227 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1107.

The pincode recorded for Jol is 176036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jol covers 61.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Jol is Jawalamukhi Road, 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 Jol.

Jol 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.

Jol is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi is about 5.9 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 22 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.