About Jaijon Village

Jaijon is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,069, made up of 541 males and 528 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144530, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jaijon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jaijon village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	144530
Area (hectares)	55 hectares
Population	1,069
Male Population	541
Female Population	528
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Jaijon compares

By the 2011 count Jaijon is the 105th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 55 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Jaijon

Jaijon is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Jaijon 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jaijon from other places

Jaijon lies about 31 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Jaijon Doaba, about 1.5 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 Jaijon
Nearest railway station	Jaijon Doaba	1.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	15 km
Nearest town	Nangal	22 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	31 km

Villages closest to Jaijon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jaijon village had a population of 1,069. That makes it the 105th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Jaijon village has 541 males and 528 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jaijon has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Jaijon is 144530. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jaijon covers 55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Jaijon falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Jaijon is Jaijon Doaba, about 1.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Jaijon.

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

Jaijon is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Jaijon Doaba is about 1.5 km away. Garhshankar is about 15 km away. Nangal is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.