About Jawar Village

Jawar is a mid sized village in Amb tehsil, in the district of Una, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 956, made up of 478 males and 478 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 235 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jawar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jawar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Una
Tehsil	Amb
Pincode	177210
Area (hectares)	235 hectares
Population	956
Male Population	478
Female Population	478
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 Jawar compares

By the 2011 count Jawar is the 68th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 667 residents. Its 235 hectares work out to about 4.1 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 997.

Getting to Jawar

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

Jawar lies about 31 km from Una, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 11 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 Jawar
Tehsil headquarters	Amb	9.4 km
Nearest railway station	Amb Andaura	11 km
District headquarters	Una	31 km
Nearest town	Hoshiārpur	35 km

Villages closest to Jawar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jawar village had a population of 956. That makes it the 68th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 667 residents.

Jawar village has 478 males and 478 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jawar has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Jawar is 177210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jawar covers 235 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jawar falls under Amb tehsil of Una district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jawar is Amb Andaura, about 11 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Jawar.

Jawar is about 31 km from Una in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jawar is in Amb tehsil of Una district. Amb is about 9.4 km away. Amb Andaura is about 11 km away. Una is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.