About Jamgaon Village

Jamgaon is a large village in Kurud tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,794, made up of 1,378 males and 1,416 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 967.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493992, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jamgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jamgaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Kurud
Pincode	493992
Area (hectares)	967.2 hectares
Population	2,794
Male Population	1,378
Female Population	1,416
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,028
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Jamgaon compares

By the 2011 count Jamgaon is the 14th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents. Its 967.2 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Jamgaon

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

Jamgaon lies about 33 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Sirry, about 5.2 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 Jamgaon
Nearest railway station	Sirry	5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kurud	17 km
Nearest town	Nawāpāra	18 km
District headquarters	Dhamtari	33 km

Villages closest to Jamgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jamgaon village had a population of 2,794. That makes it the 14th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents.

Jamgaon village has 1,378 males and 1,416 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jamgaon has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Jamgaon is 493992. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jamgaon covers 967.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jamgaon falls under Kurud tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jamgaon is Sirry, about 5.2 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 Jamgaon.

Jamgaon is about 33 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jamgaon is in Kurud tehsil of Dhamtari district. Sirry is about 5.2 km away. Kurud is about 17 km away. Nawāpāra is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.