About Jaram Village

Jaram is a mid sized village in Dantewada tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 716, made up of 364 males and 352 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 565.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jaram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jaram village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Dantewada
Pincode	494449
Area (hectares)	565.17 hectares
Population	716
Male Population	364
Female Population	352
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	967
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Jaram compares

By the 2011 count Jaram is the 31st largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 565.17 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1086.

Getting to Jaram

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

Jaram lies about 18 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kawargaon, about 4.8 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 Jaram
Nearest railway station	Kawargaon	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dantewada	18 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	18 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	32 km

Villages closest to Jaram

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jaram village had a population of 716. That makes it the 31st largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Jaram village has 364 males and 352 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jaram has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1086.

The pincode recorded for Jaram is 494449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jaram covers 565.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jaram falls under Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jaram is Kawargaon, about 4.8 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 village for Jaram.

Jaram is about 18 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jaram is in Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kawargaon is about 4.8 km away. Dantewada is about 18 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.