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About Janjiradih Village

Janjiradih is a small village in Kota tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 304, made up of 125 males and 179 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,432 females per 1000 males. The village covers 86.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491559, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janjiradih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janjiradih village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Kota
Pincode 491559
Area (hectares) 86.11 hectares
Population 304
Male Population 125
Female Population 179
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,432
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Janjiradih compares

By the 2011 count Janjiradih is the 142nd largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 86.11 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Janjiradih

Janjiradih is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Janjiradih as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Janjiradih from other places

Janjiradih lies about 14 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Gatora, about 10 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 Janjiradih
Nearest railway station Gatora 10 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 14 km
Nearest town Bilāspur 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Kota 32 km

Villages closest to Janjiradih

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

Common questions about Janjiradih

As per the Census of India 2011, Janjiradih village had a population of 304. That makes it the 142nd largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Janjiradih village has 125 males and 179 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janjiradih has about 1432 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Janjiradih is 491559. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janjiradih covers 86.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janjiradih falls under Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Janjiradih is Gatora, about 10 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 <5 km distance for Janjiradih.

Janjiradih is about 14 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janjiradih is in Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district. Gatora is about 10 km away. Bilaspur is about 14 km away. Bilāspur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Newsa (15 km), Barpali (15 km) and Semri (16 km).

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

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