About Jihun Village

Jihun is a small village in Kasauli tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 42, made up of 17 males and 25 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,471 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jihun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jihun village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kasauli
Pincode	173209
Area (hectares)	27.89 hectares
Population	42
Male Population	17
Female Population	25
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,471
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Jihun compares

By the 2011 count Jihun is the 199th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 208 residents. Its 27.89 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Jihun

Jihun is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jihun as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jihun from other places

Jihun lies about 11 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Dharampur Himachal, about 5.4 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 Jihun
Nearest railway station	Dharampur Himachal	5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kasauli	6.3 km
District headquarters	Solan	11 km

Villages closest to Jihun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jihun village had a population of 42. That makes it the 199th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 208 residents.

Jihun village has 17 males and 25 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jihun has about 1471 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Jihun is 173209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jihun covers 27.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jihun falls under Kasauli tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jihun is Dharampur Himachal, about 5.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Jihun.

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

Jihun is in Kasauli tehsil of Solan district. Dharampur Himachal is about 5.4 km away. Kasauli is about 6.3 km away. Solan is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.