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About Nahli Jhikla Village

Nahli Jhikla is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 67, made up of 36 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nahli Jhikla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nahli Jhikla village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Khundian
Pincode 176030
Area (hectares) 58.76 hectares
Population 67
Male Population 36
Female Population 31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Nahli Jhikla compares

By the 2011 count Nahli Jhikla is the 170th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 58.76 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1070.

Getting to Nahli Jhikla

Nahli Jhikla is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Nahli Jhikla as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Nahli Jhikla from other places

Nahli Jhikla lies about 20 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 14 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 Nahli Jhikla
Tehsil headquarters Khundian 5.8 km
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 14 km
District headquarters Kangra 20 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 33 km

Villages closest to Nahli Jhikla

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.

Common questions about Nahli Jhikla

As per the Census of India 2011, Nahli Jhikla village had a population of 67. That makes it the 170th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Nahli Jhikla village has 36 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nahli Jhikla has about 861 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 Nahli Jhikla is 176030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nahli Jhikla covers 58.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nahli Jhikla falls under Khundian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Nahli Jhikla is Jawalamukhi Road, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance for Nahli Jhikla.

Nahli Jhikla is about 20 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nahli Jhikla is in Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about 5.8 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 14 km away. Kangra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nahli (under 2 km), Nahli Uperla (under 2 km) and Reserve Jangal Nahli (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Nahli Jhikla today is likely to be higher.

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