About Jaijar Village

Jaijar is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 17, made up of 10 males and 7 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 700 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jaijar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jaijar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171103
Area (hectares)	4.76 hectares
Population	17
Male Population	10
Female Population	7
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	700
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jaijar compares

By the 2011 count Jaijar is the 475th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 4.76 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Jaijar

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

Jaijar lies about 25 km from Shimla. 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 Jaijar
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	25 km
District headquarters	Shimla	25 km

Villages closest to Jaijar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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 Jaijar

As per the Census of India 2011, Jaijar village had a population of 17. That makes it the 475th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Jaijar village has 10 males and 7 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jaijar has about 700 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Jaijar is 171103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jaijar covers 4.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jaijar falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Jaijar notes the nearest railway station 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 Jaijar.

Jaijar is about 25 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jaijar is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla Rural is about 25 km away. Shimla is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.