About Jaitgiri Village

Jaitgiri is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,880, made up of 957 males and 923 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 620.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jaitgiri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jaitgiri village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bakavand
Pincode	494222
Area (hectares)	620.77 hectares
Population	1,880
Male Population	957
Female Population	923
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	964
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jaitgiri compares

By the 2011 count Jaitgiri is the 26th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 620.77 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Jaitgiri

Jaitgiri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jaitgiri as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Jaitgiri from other places

Jaitgiri lies about 28 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 30 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 Jaitgiri
Tehsil headquarters	Bakavand	28 km
District headquarters	Bastar	28 km
Nearest railway station	Amagura	30 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	32 km

Villages closest to Jaitgiri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jaitgiri village had a population of 1,880. That makes it the 26th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Jaitgiri village has 957 males and 923 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jaitgiri has about 964 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Jaitgiri is 494222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jaitgiri covers 620.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jaitgiri falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jaitgiri is Amagura, about 30 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Jaitgiri.

Jaitgiri is about 28 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jaitgiri is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Bakavand is about 28 km away. Bastar is about 28 km away. Amagura is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.