About Jotpur Village

Jotpur is a mid sized village in Lormi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,376, made up of 724 males and 652 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 288.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jotpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jotpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Lormi
Pincode	495115
Area (hectares)	288.56 hectares
Population	1,376
Male Population	724
Female Population	652
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	901
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jotpur compares

By the 2011 count Jotpur is the 52nd largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 288.56 hectares work out to about 4.8 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 Jotpur

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

Jotpur lies about 57 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 42 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 Jotpur
Tehsil headquarters	Lormi	10 km
Nearest town	Mungeli	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kargi Road	42 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	57 km

Villages closest to Jotpur

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 Jotpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Jotpur village had a population of 1,376. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Jotpur village has 724 males and 652 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jotpur has about 901 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 Jotpur is 495115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jotpur covers 288.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jotpur falls under Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jotpur is Kargi Road, about 42 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 5 - 10 km distance for Jotpur.

Jotpur is about 57 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jotpur is in Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Lormi is about 10 km away. Mungeli is about 18 km away. Kargi Road is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.