About Jai Village

Jai is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 118, made up of 59 males and 59 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jai village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171220
Area (hectares)	53.07 hectares
Population	118
Male Population	59
Female Population	59
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 Jai compares

By the 2011 count Jai is the 245th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 53.07 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 990.

Getting to Jai

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

Jai 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 Jai
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	6.5 km
District headquarters	Shimla	25 km

Villages closest to Jai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jai village had a population of 118. That makes it the 245th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Jai village has 59 males and 59 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jai has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Jai is 171220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jai covers 53.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jai falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Jai 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 Jai.

Jai 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.

Jai is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 6.5 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.