About Jhonka Village

Jhonka is a mid sized village in Lormi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 579, made up of 299 males and 280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhonka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhonka village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Lormi
Pincode	495115
Area (hectares)	152.92 hectares
Population	579
Male Population	299
Female Population	280
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhonka compares

By the 2011 count Jhonka is the 178th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 152.92 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Jhonka

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

Jhonka lies about 50 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 39 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 Jhonka
Nearest town	Mungeli	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lormi	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kargi Road	39 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	50 km

Villages closest to Jhonka

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 Jhonka

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhonka village had a population of 579. That makes it the 178th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Jhonka village has 299 males and 280 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhonka has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Jhonka is 495115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jhonka covers 152.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jhonka falls under Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jhonka is Kargi Road, about 39 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 Jhonka.

Jhonka is about 50 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhonka is in Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Mungeli is about 12 km away. Lormi is about 12 km away. Kargi Road is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.