About Jhonthri Village

Jhonthri is a large village in Simalwara tehsil, in the district of Dungarpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,537, made up of 2,256 males and 2,281 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 783.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 314404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhonthri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhonthri village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Dungarpur
Tehsil	Simalwara
Pincode	314404
Area (hectares)	783.92 hectares
Population	4,537
Male Population	2,256
Female Population	2,281
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,011
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhonthri compares

By the 2011 count Jhonthri is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,274 residents. Its 783.92 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Jhonthri

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

Jhonthri lies about 17 km from Dungarpur, and the nearest railway station is Shalashah Thana, about 19 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 Jhonthri
Tehsil headquarters	Simalwara	17 km
District headquarters	Dungarpur	17 km
Nearest town	Dūngarpur	17 km
Nearest railway station	Shalashah Thana	19 km

Villages closest to Jhonthri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhonthri village had a population of 4,537. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,274 residents.

Jhonthri village has 2,256 males and 2,281 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhonthri has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Jhonthri is 314404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jhonthri covers 783.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jhonthri falls under Simalwara tehsil of Dungarpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Jhonthri is Shalashah Thana, about 19 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 Jhonthri.

Jhonthri is about 17 km from Dungarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhonthri is in Simalwara tehsil of Dungarpur district. Simalwara is about 17 km away. Dungarpur is about 17 km away. Dūngarpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.