About Jhajar Village

Jhajar is a small village in Nahan tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 264, made up of 154 males and 110 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 714 females per 1000 males. The village covers 268 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhajar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhajar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Nahan
Pincode	173001
Area (hectares)	268 hectares
Population	264
Male Population	154
Female Population	110
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	714
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhajar compares

By the 2011 count Jhajar is the 65th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 404 residents. Its 268 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 941.

Getting to Jhajar

Jhajar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Jhajar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Jhajar from other places

Jhajar lies about 24 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 26 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 Jhajar
Tehsil headquarters	Nahan	17 km
Nearest town	Nāhan	17 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	24 km
Nearest railway station	Barog	26 km

Villages closest to Jhajar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhajar village had a population of 264. That makes it the 65th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 404 residents.

Jhajar village has 154 males and 110 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhajar has about 714 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Jhajar is 173001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jhajar covers 268 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jhajar falls under Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jhajar is Barog, about 26 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Jhajar.

Jhajar is about 24 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhajar is in Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district. Nahan is about 17 km away. Nāhan is about 17 km away. Sirmaur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.