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About Jharing Village

Jharing is a mid sized village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 646, made up of 348 males and 298 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 158 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144306, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jharing Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jharing village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Mukerian
Pincode 144306
Area (hectares) 158 hectares
Population 646
Male Population 348
Female Population 298
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 856
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Jharing compares

By the 2011 count Jharing is the 152nd largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 158 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Jharing

Jharing 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 Jharing as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jharing from other places

Jharing lies about 64 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Bharmar, about 9.1 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 Jharing
Nearest railway station Bharmar 9.1 km
Nearest town Talwāra 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Mukerian 31 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 64 km

Villages closest to Jharing

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jharing village had a population of 646. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Jharing village has 348 males and 298 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jharing has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Jharing is 144306. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jharing covers 158 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jharing falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Jharing is Bharmar, about 9.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Jharing.

Jharing is about 64 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jharing is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Bharmar is about 9.1 km away. Talwāra is about 19 km away. Mukerian is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kale Bagh (5.1 km), Beh Atta (12 km) and Beh Bidhia (12 km).

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

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