About Jashta Village

Jashta is a small village in Chakrata tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 424, made up of 228 males and 196 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 703.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jashta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jashta village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Chakrata
Pincode	248123
Area (hectares)	703.2 hectares
Population	424
Male Population	228
Female Population	196
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	860
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 Jashta compares

By the 2011 count Jashta is the 39th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 401 residents. Its 703.2 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Jashta

Jashta is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Jashta 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 Jashta from other places

Jashta lies about 40 km from Dehradun. 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 Jashta
Tehsil headquarters	Chakrata	14 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	26 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	40 km

Villages closest to Jashta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jashta village had a population of 424. That makes it the 39th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 401 residents.

Jashta village has 228 males and 196 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jashta has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Jashta is 248123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jashta covers 703.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jashta falls under Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Jashta notes the nearest railway station 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 Jashta.

Jashta is about 40 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jashta is in Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district. Chakrata is about 14 km away. Mussoorie is about 26 km away. Dehradun is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.