About Jajar Village

Jajar is a small village in Rakkar tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 186, made up of 89 males and 97 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,090 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177034, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jajar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jajar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Rakkar
Pincode	177034
Area (hectares)	128.62 hectares
Population	186
Male Population	89
Female Population	97
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,090
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jajar compares

By the 2011 count Jajar is the 63rd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 128.62 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1059.

Getting to Jajar

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

Jajar lies about 36 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 30 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 Jajar
Tehsil headquarters	Rakkar	24 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	30 km
District headquarters	Kangra	36 km
Nearest town	Nangal	46 km

Villages closest to Jajar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jajar village had a population of 186. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Jajar village has 89 males and 97 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jajar has about 1090 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1059.

The pincode recorded for Jajar is 177034. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jajar covers 128.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jajar falls under Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jajar is Jawalamukhi Road, about 30 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 Jajar.

Jajar is about 36 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jajar is in Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district. Rakkar is about 24 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 30 km away. Kangra is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.