About Jhalu Village

Jhalu is a small village in Chaubattakhal tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 38, made up of 21 males and 17 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 810 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246162, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhalu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhalu village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Chaubattakhal
Pincode	246162
Area (hectares)	39.72 hectares
Population	38
Male Population	21
Female Population	17
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	810
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhalu compares

By the 2011 count Jhalu is the 192nd largest of the 242 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 155 residents. Its 39.72 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 1266.

Getting to Jhalu

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

Jhalu lies about 29 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 40 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 Jhalu
Tehsil headquarters	Chaubattakhal	2.0 km
Nearest town	Pauri	26 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	29 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	40 km

Villages closest to Jhalu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhalu village had a population of 38. That makes it the 192nd largest of the 242 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 155 residents.

Jhalu village has 21 males and 17 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhalu has about 810 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1266.

The pincode recorded for Jhalu is 246162. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jhalu covers 39.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jhalu falls under Chaubattakhal tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Jhalu is Kotdwara, about 40 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 Jhalu.

Jhalu is about 29 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhalu is in Chaubattakhal tehsil of Garhwal district. Chaubattakhal is about 2.0 km away. Pauri is about 26 km away. Garhwal is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.