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About Jol Village

Jol is a mid sized village in Bangana tehsil, in the district of Una, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 548, made up of 271 males and 277 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 307.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174314, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jol village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Una
Tehsil Bangana
Pincode 174314
Area (hectares) 307.45 hectares
Population 548
Male Population 271
Female Population 277
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,022
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Jol compares

By the 2011 count Jol is the 27th largest of the 300 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 241 residents. Its 307.45 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Jol

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

How far is Jol from other places

Jol lies about 38 km from Una, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 30 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 Jol
Tehsil headquarters Bangana 20 km
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 30 km
District headquarters Una 38 km
Nearest town Nangal 44 km

Villages closest to Jol

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

Common questions about Jol

As per the Census of India 2011, Jol village had a population of 548. That makes it the 27th largest of the 300 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 241 residents.

Jol village has 271 males and 277 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jol has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Jol is 174314. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jol covers 307.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jol falls under Bangana tehsil of Una district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jol is Jawalamukhi Road, about 30 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Jol.

Jol is about 38 km from Una in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jol is in Bangana tehsil of Una district. Bangana is about 20 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 30 km away. Una is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are D P F Jol (under 2 km), Awahar (under 2 km) and Bandhar Solhsinghi (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Jol today is likely to be higher.

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