About Jamwal Kar Village

Jamwal Kar is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 401, made up of 199 males and 202 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176059, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jamwal Kar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jamwal Kar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176059
Area (hectares)	70.75 hectares
Population	401
Male Population	199
Female Population	202
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Jamwal Kar compares

By the 2011 count Jamwal Kar is the 155th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 70.75 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Jamwal Kar

Jamwal Kar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jamwal Kar 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jamwal Kar from other places

Jamwal Kar lies about 22 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Palampur Himachal, about 5.0 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 Jamwal Kar
Nearest railway station	Palampur Himachal	5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	6.5 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	19 km
District headquarters	Kangra	22 km

Villages closest to Jamwal Kar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Palampur 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 Jamwal Kar

As per the Census of India 2011, Jamwal Kar village had a population of 401. That makes it the 155th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Jamwal Kar village has 199 males and 202 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jamwal Kar has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Jamwal Kar is 176059. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jamwal Kar covers 70.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jamwal Kar falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jamwal Kar is Palampur Himachal, about 5.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Jamwal Kar.

Jamwal Kar is about 22 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jamwal Kar is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Palampur Himachal is about 5.0 km away. Palampur is about 6.5 km away. Dharamsala is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.