About Jhapra Village

Jhapra is a mid sized village in Sukma tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 791, made up of 424 males and 367 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 669.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhapra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhapra village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Sukma
Pincode	494111
Area (hectares)	669.57 hectares
Population	791
Male Population	424
Female Population	367
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	866
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhapra compares

By the 2011 count Jhapra is the 27th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 980 residents. Its 669.57 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1086.

Getting to Jhapra

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

Jhapra lies about 50 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kaklur, about 55 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 Jhapra
Tehsil headquarters	Sukma	13 km
Nearest town	Malakanagiri	17 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	50 km
Nearest railway station	Kaklur	55 km

Villages closest to Jhapra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhapra village had a population of 791. That makes it the 27th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 980 residents.

Jhapra village has 424 males and 367 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhapra has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1086.

The pincode recorded for Jhapra is 494111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jhapra covers 669.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jhapra falls under Sukma tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jhapra is Kaklur, about 55 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 Jhapra.

Jhapra is about 50 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.

Jhapra is in Sukma tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Sukma is about 13 km away. Malakanagiri is about 17 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.