Jhajjar District Population, Haryana - Census India 2011

Jhajjar is one of district of Haryana in India. There are 4 Tehsils, 260 villages and 5 towns in Jhajjar district.

As per the Census India 2011, Jhajjar district has 185,334 households, population of 958,405 of which 514,667 are males and 443,738 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 120,051 which is 12.53% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Jhajjar district is around 862 compared to 879 which is average of Haryana state. The literacy rate of Jhajjar district is 70.54% out of which 77.62% males are literate and 62.34% females are literate. The total area of Jhajjar is 1,834 sq.km with population density of 523 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 74.61% of population lives in Urban area and 25.39% lives in Rural area. There are 17.78% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0 Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Jhajjar district.

Jhajjar Religion Population

DescriptionPopulationPercentage
Total958,405100%
Hindu945,69398.67%
Muslim8,2470.86%
Religion not stated1,9170.2%
Sikh1,0420.11%
Christian7340.08%
Jain6450.07%
Buddhist1050.01%
Other religions and persuasions220%

Jhajjar Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
DescriptionUrbanRural
Area(sq.km)811,753
Number of households48,831136,503
Total Population243,339715,066
Population (%)53.61%46.27%
Male Population130,448384,219
Female Population112,891330,847
Sex Ratio865861
Literacy (%)73.82%69.43%

List of Tehsils in Jhajjar

Check out complete list of all Tehsils of Jhajjar district, Haryana
TehsilPopulationArea (km2)Pop. DensitySex-ratio
Bahadurgarh403,746517781848
Jhajjar258,595610424883
Beri155,791330472868
Matenhail140,273377372859

Share your suggestions, thoughts


Jhajjar Population Facts

Number of Households185,334
Population958,405
Male Population514,667 (53.7%)
Female Population443,738 (46.3%)
Children Population120,051
Area1,834 km2
Population density/km2523
Sex-ratio862
Literacy70.54%
Male Literacy77.62%
Female Literacy62.34%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %0
Scheduled Caste (SC) %17.78%

Map of Jhajjar, Haryana