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About Jinsi Village

Jinsi is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 110, made up of 49 males and 61 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,245 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248179, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jinsi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jinsi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Dhanaulti
Pincode 248179
Area (hectares) 113.55 hectares
Population 110
Male Population 49
Female Population 61
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,245
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Jinsi compares

By the 2011 count Jinsi is the 203rd largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 113.55 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Jinsi

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

Jinsi lies about 40 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 19 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 Jinsi
Nearest town Mussoorie 2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhanaulti 18 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 19 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 40 km

Villages closest to Jinsi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jinsi village had a population of 110. That makes it the 203rd largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Jinsi village has 49 males and 61 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jinsi has about 1245 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Jinsi is 248179. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jinsi covers 113.55 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.

Jinsi falls under Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Jinsi is Dehradun, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Jinsi.

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

Jinsi is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Mussoorie is about 2.7 km away. Dhanaulti is about 18 km away. Dehradun is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tuneta (under 2 km), Baman Gaon (under 2 km) and Nautha (under 2 km).

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

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