About Japodi Village

Japodi is a small village in Gidam tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 85, made up of 53 males and 32 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 604 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Japodi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Japodi village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Gidam
Pincode	494449
Area (hectares)	78.06 hectares
Population	85
Male Population	53
Female Population	32
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	604
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Japodi compares

By the 2011 count Japodi is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 78.06 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Japodi

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

Japodi lies about 31 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Dantewara, about 11 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 Japodi
Tehsil headquarters	Gidam	9.3 km
Nearest railway station	Dantewara	11 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	31 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	35 km

Villages closest to Japodi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Japodi village had a population of 85. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Japodi village has 53 males and 32 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Japodi has about 604 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1034.

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

Japodi covers 78.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Japodi falls under Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Japodi is Dantewara, about 11 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 Japodi.

Japodi is about 31 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.

Japodi is in Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Gidam is about 9.3 km away. Dantewara is about 11 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.