About Jhala Village

Jhala is a mid sized village in Colonelganj tehsil, in the district of Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 567, made up of 302 males and 265 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 161.4 hectares hectares.

Jhala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhala village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gonda
Tehsil	Colonelganj
Area (hectares)	161.4 hectares
Population	567
Male Population	302
Female Population	265
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhala compares

By the 2011 count Jhala is the 346th largest of the 384 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,125 residents. Its 161.4 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Jhala

Jhala is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Jhala as Available within 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jhala from other places

Jhala lies about 27 km from Gonda, and the nearest railway station is Bisheshwarganj, about 7.9 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 Jhala
Nearest railway station	Bisheshwarganj	7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Colonelganj	20 km
District headquarters	Gonda	27 km

Villages closest to Jhala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhala village had a population of 567. That makes it the 346th largest of the 384 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,125 residents.

Jhala village has 302 males and 265 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhala has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Jhala covers 161.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jhala falls under Colonelganj tehsil of Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jhala is Bisheshwarganj, about 7.9 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Jhala.

Jhala is about 27 km from Gonda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhala is in Colonelganj tehsil of Gonda district. Bisheshwarganj is about 7.9 km away. Colonelganj is about 20 km away. Gonda is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.