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About Johra Village

Johra is a mid sized village in Gabhana tehsil, in the district of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 747, made up of 399 males and 348 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 196.83 hectares hectares.

Johra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Johra village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Aligarh
Tehsil Gabhana
Area (hectares) 196.83 hectares
Population 747
Male Population 399
Female Population 348
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 872
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Johra compares

By the 2011 count Johra is the 125th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,953 residents. Its 196.83 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 881.

Getting to Johra

Johra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Johra as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Johra from other places

Johra lies about 34 km from Aligarh, and the nearest railway station is Danwar, about 5.8 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 Johra
Nearest railway station Danwar 5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Gabhana 15 km
Nearest town Khurja 17 km
District headquarters Aligarh 34 km

Villages closest to Johra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Johra village had a population of 747. That makes it the 125th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,953 residents.

Johra village has 399 males and 348 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Johra has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 881.

Johra covers 196.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Johra falls under Gabhana tehsil of Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Johra is Danwar, about 5.8 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Johra.

Johra is about 34 km from Aligarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Johra is in Gabhana tehsil of Aligarh district. Danwar is about 5.8 km away. Gabhana is about 15 km away. Khurja is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Elampura (under 2 km), Badhiyana (1.5 km) and Sudeshpur (2.2 km).

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

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