Jahu (Himachal Pradesh)

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Jahu
Village

Jahu bus stand

Jahu
Coordinates: 31°35′23″N 76°43′27″E / 31.58972°N 76.72417°E / 31.58972; 76.72417Coordinates: 31°35′23″N 76°43′27″E / 31.58972°N 76.72417°E / 31.58972; 76.72417
Country  India
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Village Jahu
Talukas Bhoranj
Elevation 1,189 m (3,901 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 2,663
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 176 048
Precipitation 1,411 millimetres (55.6 in)
Avg. annual temperature 21.9 °C (71.4 °F)

Jahu (also Jahu Jahu, Jahu Bhoranj, and Jahu Mandi) is a village panchayat, of Bhoranj block, Bhoranj tehsil, in the Hamirpur district of Himachel Pradesh, in India, .

Jahu is on a "triple border" of Hamirpur, Bilaspur and Mandi districts, .

A Jahu view from state highway 32, showing area near Jahu police station

Economy

Fishery is the major economic driver of Jahu, , .

The area, nearby cities

The nearest major city is Sarkaghat, . Bhota is 23 kilometers west, and Jahu is 36 kilometers east of Hamipur, and 131 kilometers from Shimla, . North 103 kilometers is Palampur. Twenty-five kilometers the east is Rewalsar Lake (see also Rewalsar, India), and 134 kilometers to the west, Hoshiarpur, .

Jahu Khurd is two kilometers south, .

Also near Jahu is Hamirpur, 36 kilometers west, Sundarnagar at 37 kilometers, Mandi at 47 kilometers, and Nangal at 111 kilometers, . Talai is 57 kilometers northwest, Ghumarwin is 28 kilometers south, . Jogindernagar is 76 kilometers north, . Bilaspur is 44 kilometers southwest, as Pandoh, by Pandoh Dam, is 65 kilometers northeast, .

Nearby tehsils

Severals tehsils are near Jahu. To the west is Hamirpur Tehsil, and to the south is Bijhri Tehsil, and to the north are Bamson Tehsil and Dharampur Tehsil, .

People from Jahu

Kangana Ranaut, a Bollywood actress, did her primary education in Jahu, , .

The area

Jahu is near Gobind Sagar, a reservoir on the Sutlej river, which flows south of town. The Beas Satluj Link Project is northeast, as is Prashar Lake.

The confluence of the Sunail Khad and the Seer Khad is just south of Jahu, ; the Sunail Khad flows west of Jahu.

The source of the Beas River is just west

Access to and from

Jahu has bus service, . The nearest railways station is Nangal Dam railway station, , near Nangal in Punjab, also near Bhakra Dam. The nearest airport is Bhuntar Airport.

Other information

During the Hamirpur Flood, a bridge on the Seer Khad collapsed, , , and three people were washed downstream.

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