About Jhakhri Village

Jhakhri is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 47, made up of 25 males and 22 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhakhri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhakhri village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171011
Area (hectares)	42.31 hectares
Population	47
Male Population	25
Female Population	22
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	880
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhakhri compares

By the 2011 count Jhakhri is the 386th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 42.31 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 Jhakhri

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

Jhakhri lies about 12 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 8.9 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 Jhakhri
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	12 km
District headquarters	Shimla	12 km

Villages closest to Jhakhri

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 Jhakhri

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhakhri village had a population of 47. That makes it the 386th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Jhakhri village has 25 males and 22 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhakhri has about 880 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 Jhakhri is 171011. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jhakhri covers 42.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Jhakhri is Jutogh, about 8.9 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 Jhakhri.

Jhakhri 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.

Jhakhri is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 8.9 km away. Shimla Rural is about 12 km away. Shimla is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.