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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Gurmeet Singh
Contact: 98****1248
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- LGD code
- 30694
- Pincode
- 144216
- Post office
- Talwara Township
- Population
- 485
- Households
- 106
- Literacy rate
- 76.5%
- Sex ratio
- 948 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 153
Census 2011 · in context
How Jhaj (11) compares
By population, Jhaj (11) ranks #81 of 132 villages in Tanda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.5%
+2.1% vs mandal average
Jhaj (11)76.5%
Tanda mandal74.4%
Hoshiarpur district75.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
948
−27 vs mandal average
Jhaj (11)948
Tanda mandal975
Household size
people per home
4.6
Same as the mandal average
Jhaj (11)4.6
Tanda mandal4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jhaj (11) at a glance
Jhaj (11) is a village of 485 people in 106 households (Census 2011) in Tanda tehsil, Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, the 81st-largest of 132 villages in Tanda tehsil. Literacy is 77%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 74% and the sex ratio is 948 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 144216, served by Talwara Township post office; the LGD village code is 30694. The sarpanch is Gurmeet Singh. The population is estimated at 572 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Jhaj (11)
- LGD code
- 30694
- Pincode
- 144216
- Post office
- Talwara Township
- Population (Census 2011)
- 485
- Population (projected 2026)
- 572
- Households
- 106
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 948
- Literacy rate
- 76.5%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Gurmeet Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Tanda
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 144216
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- Jalalpur (529)Tanda mandal3,323 pop
- Kandhala Jattan (31)Tanda mandal3,249 pop
- Jaja (41)Tanda mandal3,046 pop
- Khudda (71)Tanda mandal2,595 pop
- Jhawan (37)Tanda mandal2,533 pop
- Sikri (66)Tanda mandal2,376 pop
- Salempur (524)Tanda mandal2,191 pop
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- Tahli (525)
- Khudda (71)
- Jhawan (37)
- Sikri (66)
- Salempur (524)
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- Khunkhun Kalan (69)
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- Rara (522)
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- Muradpur Naryal (87)
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- Nangal Khunga (53)
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)