About Jhiriya Village

Jhiriya is a mid sized village in Lormi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 760, made up of 377 males and 383 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 304.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494777, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhiriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhiriya village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Lormi
Pincode	494777
Area (hectares)	304.07 hectares
Population	760
Male Population	377
Female Population	383
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhiriya compares

By the 2011 count Jhiriya is the 154th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 304.07 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Jhiriya

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

Jhiriya lies about 78 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Bhanwar Tonk, about 46 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 Jhiriya
Tehsil headquarters	Lormi	26 km
Nearest town	Mungeli	44 km
Nearest railway station	Bhanwar Tonk	46 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	78 km

Villages closest to Jhiriya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhiriya village had a population of 760. That makes it the 154th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Jhiriya village has 377 males and 383 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhiriya has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Jhiriya is 494777. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jhiriya covers 304.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jhiriya falls under Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jhiriya is Bhanwar Tonk, about 46 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 Jhiriya.

Jhiriya is about 78 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhiriya is in Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Lormi is about 26 km away. Mungeli is about 44 km away. Bhanwar Tonk is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.