About Jojal Village

Jojal is a small village in Jagdalpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 425, made up of 214 males and 211 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jojal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jojal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Jagdalpur
Pincode	496118
Area (hectares)	139.39 hectares
Population	425
Male Population	214
Female Population	211
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	986
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jojal compares

By the 2011 count Jojal is the 79th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 139.39 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Jojal

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

Jojal lies about 29 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Nakti Semara, about 8.8 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 Jojal
Nearest railway station	Nakti Semara	8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jagdalpur	12 km
District headquarters	Bastar	29 km

Villages closest to Jojal

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 Jojal

As per the Census of India 2011, Jojal village had a population of 425. That makes it the 79th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Jojal village has 214 males and 211 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jojal has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Jojal is 496118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jojal covers 139.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jojal falls under Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jojal is Nakti Semara, about 8.8 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 Jojal.

Jojal is about 29 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jojal is in Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district. Nakti Semara is about 8.8 km away. Jagdalpur is about 12 km away. Bastar is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.