About Jhalam Village

Jhalam is a mid sized village in Moran tehsil, in the district of Dibrugarh, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,014, made up of 509 males and 505 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 219.21 hectares hectares.

Jhalam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhalam village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Dibrugarh
Tehsil	Moran
Area (hectares)	219.21 hectares
Population	1,014
Male Population	509
Female Population	505
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	992
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Jhalam compares

By the 2011 count Jhalam is the 41st largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 549 residents. Its 219.21 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Jhalam

Jhalam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jhalam 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jhalam from other places

Jhalam lies about 39 km from Dibrugarh, and the nearest railway station is Sepon, about 1.8 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 Jhalam
Nearest railway station	Sepon	1.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Moran	8.4 km
Nearest town	Sibsāgar	27 km
District headquarters	Dibrugarh	39 km

Villages closest to Jhalam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhalam village had a population of 1,014. That makes it the 41st largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 549 residents.

Jhalam village has 509 males and 505 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhalam has about 992 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 967.

Jhalam covers 219.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jhalam falls under Moran tehsil of Dibrugarh district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Jhalam is Sepon, about 1.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Jhalam.

Jhalam is about 39 km from Dibrugarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhalam is in Moran tehsil of Dibrugarh district. Sepon is about 1.8 km away. Moran is about 8.4 km away. Sibsāgar is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.