About Jangal Ishta Village

Jangal Ishta is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 23, made up of 14 males and 9 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 643 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jangal Ishta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jangal Ishta village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171220
Area (hectares)	169 hectares
Population	23
Male Population	14
Female Population	9
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	643
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jangal Ishta compares

By the 2011 count Jangal Ishta is the 393rd largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 169 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 990.

Getting to Jangal Ishta

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

Jangal Ishta 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 Jangal Ishta
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	7.5 km
District headquarters	Shimla	25 km

Villages closest to Jangal Ishta

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 Jangal Ishta

As per the Census of India 2011, Jangal Ishta village had a population of 23. That makes it the 393rd largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Jangal Ishta village has 14 males and 9 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jangal Ishta has about 643 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

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

Jangal Ishta covers 169 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jangal Ishta falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Jangal Ishta 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 Ishta.

Jangal Ishta 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.

Jangal Ishta is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 7.5 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.