About Jhalot Village

Jhalot is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 70, made up of 37 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhalot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhalot village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Khundian
Pincode	176030
Area (hectares)	29.05 hectares
Population	70
Male Population	37
Female Population	33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhalot compares

By the 2011 count Jhalot is the 167th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 29.05 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1070.

Getting to Jhalot

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

Jhalot lies about 35 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Baijnath Paprola, about 6.0 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 Jhalot
Nearest railway station	Baijnath Paprola	6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khundian	32 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	32 km
District headquarters	Kangra	35 km

Villages closest to Jhalot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhalot village had a population of 70. That makes it the 167th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Jhalot village has 37 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhalot has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Jhalot is 176030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jhalot covers 29.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jhalot falls under Khundian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jhalot is Baijnath Paprola, about 6.0 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 Jhalot.

Jhalot is about 35 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhalot is in Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Baijnath Paprola is about 6.0 km away. Khundian is about 32 km away. Dharamsala is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.