About Jangal Kangar Village

Jangal Kangar is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 59, made up of 32 males and 27 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jangal Kangar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jangal Kangar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171209
Area (hectares)	107.74 hectares
Population	59
Male Population	32
Female Population	27
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	844
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jangal Kangar compares

By the 2011 count Jangal Kangar is the 334th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 107.74 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 990.

Getting to Jangal Kangar

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

Jangal Kangar lies about 11 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 Kangar
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	8.0 km
District headquarters	Shimla	11 km

Villages closest to Jangal Kangar

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 Kangar

As per the Census of India 2011, Jangal Kangar village had a population of 59. That makes it the 334th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Jangal Kangar village has 32 males and 27 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jangal Kangar has about 844 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 Kangar is 171209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jangal Kangar covers 107.74 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 Kangar falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Jangal Kangar 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 Kangar.

Jangal Kangar is about 11 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jangal Kangar is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 8.0 km away. Shimla is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.