About Jejal Village

Jejal is a mid sized village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 532, made up of 256 males and 276 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 108.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jejal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jejal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawalamukhi
Pincode	176036
Area (hectares)	108.75 hectares
Population	532
Male Population	256
Female Population	276
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,078
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jejal compares

By the 2011 count Jejal is the 17th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 108.75 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1107.

Getting to Jejal

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

Jejal lies about 32 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 24 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 Jejal
Tehsil headquarters	Jawalamukhi	7.4 km
Nearest railway station	Amb Andaura	24 km
District headquarters	Kangra	32 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	42 km

Villages closest to Jejal

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 Jejal

As per the Census of India 2011, Jejal village had a population of 532. That makes it the 17th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Jejal village has 256 males and 276 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jejal has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1107.

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

Jejal covers 108.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Jejal is Amb Andaura, about 24 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 Jejal.

Jejal is about 32 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jejal is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi is about 7.4 km away. Amb Andaura is about 24 km away. Kangra is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.