About Jangal Mashobra Village

Jangal Mashobra is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 201, made up of 113 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 779 females per 1000 males. The village covers 386.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171007, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jangal Mashobra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jangal Mashobra village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171007
Area (hectares)	386.03 hectares
Population	201
Male Population	113
Female Population	88
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	779
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jangal Mashobra compares

By the 2011 count Jangal Mashobra is the 112th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 386.03 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Jangal Mashobra

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

Jangal Mashobra lies about 6.5 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 Jangal Mashobra
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	6.5 km
District headquarters	Shimla	6.5 km

Villages closest to Jangal Mashobra

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 Jangal Mashobra

As per the Census of India 2011, Jangal Mashobra village had a population of 201. That makes it the 112th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Jangal Mashobra village has 113 males and 88 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jangal Mashobra has about 779 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 Jangal Mashobra is 171007. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jangal Mashobra covers 386.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jangal Mashobra falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Jangal Mashobra 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 Jangal Mashobra.

Jangal Mashobra is about 6.5 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jangal Mashobra is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla Rural is about 6.5 km away. Shimla is about 6.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.