About Jamgaon Village

Jamgaon is a mid sized village in Bastanar tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 774, made up of 380 males and 394 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 733.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jamgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jamgaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bastanar
Pincode	494442
Area (hectares)	733.92 hectares
Population	774
Male Population	380
Female Population	394
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,037
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jamgaon compares

By the 2011 count Jamgaon is the 17th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 733.92 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1096.

Getting to Jamgaon

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

Jamgaon lies about 45 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Dabpal, about 10 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 Jamgaon
Tehsil headquarters	Bastanar	2.1 km
Nearest railway station	Dabpal	10 km
District headquarters	Bastar	45 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	46 km

Villages closest to Jamgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jamgaon village had a population of 774. That makes it the 17th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Jamgaon village has 380 males and 394 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jamgaon has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1096.

The pincode recorded for Jamgaon is 494442. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jamgaon covers 733.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jamgaon falls under Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jamgaon is Dabpal, about 10 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 Jamgaon.

Jamgaon is about 45 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jamgaon is in Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district. Bastanar is about 2.1 km away. Dabpal is about 10 km away. Bastar is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.