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About Jhirka Village

Jhirka is a small village in Dantewada tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 305, made up of 136 males and 169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,243 females per 1000 males. The village covers 470.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhirka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhirka village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Dantewada
Pincode 494449
Area (hectares) 470.7 hectares
Population 305
Male Population 136
Female Population 169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,243
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Jhirka compares

By the 2011 count Jhirka is the 50th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 470.7 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1086.

Getting to Jhirka

Jhirka is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Jhirka 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jhirka from other places

Jhirka lies about 20 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kamalur, about 2.8 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 Jhirka
Nearest railway station Kamalur 2.8 km
Nearest town Bacheli 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Dantewada 20 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 20 km

Villages closest to Jhirka

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.

Common questions about Jhirka

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhirka village had a population of 305. That makes it the 50th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Jhirka village has 136 males and 169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhirka has about 1243 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1086.

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

Jhirka covers 470.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Jhirka is Kamalur, about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Jhirka.

Jhirka is about 20 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.

Jhirka is in Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kamalur is about 2.8 km away. Bacheli is about 17 km away. Dantewada is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basanpur (2.1 km), Kamaloor (2.7 km) and Pandewar (4.5 km).

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

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