About Jhankari Village

Jhankari is a mid sized village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 549, made up of 260 males and 289 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,112 females per 1000 males. The village covers 615.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhankari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhankari village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Farasgaon
Pincode	494226
Area (hectares)	615.9 hectares
Population	549
Male Population	260
Female Population	289
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,112
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhankari compares

By the 2011 count Jhankari is the 66th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 615.9 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Jhankari

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

Jhankari lies about 85 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 44 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 Jhankari
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Farasgaon	25 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	44 km
District headquarters	Bastar	85 km

Villages closest to Jhankari

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 Jhankari

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhankari village had a population of 549. That makes it the 66th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Jhankari village has 260 males and 289 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhankari has about 1112 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Jhankari is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jhankari covers 615.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jhankari falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jhankari is Antagarh, about 44 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 Jhankari.

Jhankari is about 85 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhankari is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Nārāinpur is about 20 km away. Farasgaon is about 25 km away. Antagarh is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.