About Jagthan Village

Jagthan is a mid sized village in Tyuni tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 523, made up of 269 males and 254 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 968.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jagthan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jagthan village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Tyuni
Pincode	248123
Area (hectares)	968.3 hectares
Population	523
Male Population	269
Female Population	254
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
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 Jagthan compares

By the 2011 count Jagthan is the 19th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 414 residents. Its 968.3 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Jagthan

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

Jagthan lies about 25 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 Jagthan
Nearest town	Mussoorie	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tyuni	25 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	25 km

Villages closest to Jagthan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jagthan village had a population of 523. That makes it the 19th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 414 residents.

Jagthan village has 269 males and 254 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jagthan has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 925.

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

Jagthan covers 968.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jagthan falls under Tyuni tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Jagthan 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 Jagthan.

Jagthan is about 25 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jagthan is in Tyuni tehsil of Dehradun district. Mussoorie is about 16 km away. Tyuni is about 25 km away. Dehradun is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.