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About Jiragaon Village

Jiragaon is a small village in Jagdalpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 342, made up of 167 males and 175 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 271.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jiragaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jiragaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Jagdalpur
Pincode 494001
Area (hectares) 271.76 hectares
Population 342
Male Population 167
Female Population 175
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,048
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Jiragaon compares

By the 2011 count Jiragaon is the 87th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 271.76 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Jiragaon

Jiragaon is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Jiragaon as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Gumalwada, Halbakachora, Hatpadmur and Jamawada. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Jiragaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Jiragaon village had a population of 342. That makes it the 87th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Jiragaon village has 167 males and 175 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jiragaon has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

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

Jiragaon covers 271.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jiragaon falls under Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Jiragaon notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Jiragaon.

Jiragaon is in Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Jiragaon today is likely to be higher.

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