About Jamgaon Village

Jamgaon is a mid sized village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 604, made up of 299 males and 305 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 412.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494333, 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	Farasgaon
Pincode	494333
Area (hectares)	412.09 hectares
Population	604
Male Population	299
Female Population	305
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jamgaon compares

By the 2011 count Jamgaon is the 61st largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 412.09 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1039.

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 10+ km distance. 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 102 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 49 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	Farasgaon	23 km
Nearest town	Kānker	25 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	49 km
District headquarters	Bastar	102 km

Villages closest to Jamgaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Farasgaon 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 604. That makes it the 61st largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Jamgaon village has 299 males and 305 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jamgaon has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Jamgaon is 494333. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jamgaon covers 412.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jamgaon falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jamgaon is Antagarh, about 49 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 10+ km distance for Jamgaon.

Jamgaon is about 102 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 Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Farasgaon is about 23 km away. Kānker is about 25 km away. Antagarh is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.