About Jatam Village

Jatam is a mid sized village in Jagdalpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 793, made up of 418 males and 375 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 407.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jatam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jatam village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Jagdalpur
Pincode	494001
Area (hectares)	407.12 hectares
Population	793
Male Population	418
Female Population	375
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Jatam compares

By the 2011 count Jatam is the 54th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 407.12 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Jatam

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

Jatam lies about 22 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Jagdalpur, about 5.2 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 Jatam
Nearest railway station	Jagdalpur	5.2 km
District headquarters	Bastar	22 km

Villages closest to Jatam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jatam village had a population of 793. That makes it the 54th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Jatam village has 418 males and 375 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jatam has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Jatam is 494001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jatam covers 407.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jatam falls under Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jatam is Jagdalpur, about 5.2 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Jatam.

Jatam is about 22 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jatam is in Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district. Jagdalpur is about 5.2 km away. Bastar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.