About Jhir Village

Jhir is a small village in Bhadrota tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 172, made up of 80 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,150 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175049, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhir Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhir village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Bhadrota
Pincode	175049
Area (hectares)	48.07 hectares
Population	172
Male Population	80
Female Population	92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,150
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhir compares

By the 2011 count Jhir is the 60th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 234 residents. Its 48.07 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Jhir

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

Jhir lies about 17 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Joginder Nagar, about 39 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 Jhir
Tehsil headquarters	Bhadrota	4.5 km
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	16 km
District headquarters	Mandi	17 km
Nearest railway station	Joginder Nagar	39 km

Villages closest to Jhir

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhir village had a population of 172. That makes it the 60th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 234 residents.

Jhir village has 80 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhir has about 1150 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Jhir is 175049. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jhir covers 48.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jhir falls under Bhadrota tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jhir is Joginder Nagar, about 39 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 Jhir.

Jhir is about 17 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhir is in Bhadrota tehsil of Mandi district. Bhadrota is about 4.5 km away. Sundarnagar is about 16 km away. Mandi is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.