About Janjeli Village

Janjeli is a small village in Kumharsain tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 240, made up of 120 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172027, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janjeli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janjeli village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kumharsain
Pincode	172027
Area (hectares)	64.48 hectares
Population	240
Male Population	120
Female Population	120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Janjeli compares

By the 2011 count Janjeli is the 64th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 248 residents. Its 64.48 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Janjeli

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

Janjeli lies about 46 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 46 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 Janjeli
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	30 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kumharsain	31 km
Nearest railway station	Summer Hill	46 km
District headquarters	Shimla	46 km

Villages closest to Janjeli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janjeli village had a population of 240. That makes it the 64th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 248 residents.

Janjeli village has 120 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janjeli has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Janjeli is 172027. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janjeli covers 64.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janjeli falls under Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Janjeli is Summer Hill, about 46 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 Janjeli.

Janjeli is about 46 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janjeli is in Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district. Sundarnagar is about 30 km away. Kumharsain is about 31 km away. Summer Hill is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.