About Jokhar Village

Jokhar is a small village in Cheta tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 461, made up of 243 males and 218 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 157.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jokhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jokhar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Cheta
Pincode	171217
Area (hectares)	157.68 hectares
Population	461
Male Population	243
Female Population	218
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jokhar compares

By the 2011 count Jokhar is the 14th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 336 residents. Its 157.68 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Jokhar

Jokhar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Jokhar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Jokhar from other places

Jokhar lies about 12 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Kanoh, about under 2 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 Jokhar
Nearest railway station	Kanoh	under 2 km
Nearest town	Solan	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheta	12 km
District headquarters	Shimla	12 km

Villages closest to Jokhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jokhar village had a population of 461. That makes it the 14th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 336 residents.

Jokhar village has 243 males and 218 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jokhar has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Jokhar is 171217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jokhar covers 157.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jokhar falls under Cheta tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jokhar is Kanoh, about under 2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Jokhar.

Jokhar is about 12 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jokhar is in Cheta tehsil of Shimla district. Kanoh is about under 2 km away. Solan is about 10 km away. Cheta is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.