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About Jhigla Pind Village

Jhigla Pind is a small village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 297, made up of 140 males and 157 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,121 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhigla Pind Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhigla Pind village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Mukerian
Pincode 144214
Area (hectares) 75 hectares
Population 297
Male Population 140
Female Population 157
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,121
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhigla Pind compares

By the 2011 count Jhigla Pind is the 254th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 75 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Jhigla Pind

Jhigla Pind is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jhigla Pind as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Jhigla Pind from other places

Jhigla Pind lies about 45 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Ghaunspur, about 3.5 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 Jhigla Pind
Nearest railway station Ghaunspur 3.5 km
Nearest town Dasūya 7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Mukerian 9.0 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 45 km

Villages closest to Jhigla Pind

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 Jhigla Pind

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhigla Pind village had a population of 297. That makes it the 254th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Jhigla Pind village has 140 males and 157 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhigla Pind has about 1121 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Jhigla Pind is 144214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jhigla Pind covers 75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jhigla Pind falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Jhigla Pind is Ghaunspur, about 3.5 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Jhigla Pind.

Jhigla Pind is about 45 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhigla Pind is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Ghaunspur is about 3.5 km away. Dasūya is about 7.9 km away. Mukerian is about 9.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kaulpur (under 2 km), Daulowal (1.6 km) and Jamalpur (1.8 km).

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

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