About Joratarai Village

Joratarai is a small village in Nagri tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 412, made up of 195 males and 217 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,113 females per 1000 males. The village covers 671.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494665, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Joratarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Joratarai village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Nagri
Pincode	494665
Area (hectares)	671.93 hectares
Population	412
Male Population	195
Female Population	217
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,113
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Joratarai compares

By the 2011 count Joratarai is the 132nd largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 687 residents. Its 671.93 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 1030.

Getting to Joratarai

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

Joratarai lies about 87 km from Dhamtari. 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 Joratarai
Tehsil headquarters	Nagri	30 km
Nearest town	Umarkot	51 km
District headquarters	Dhamtari	87 km

Villages closest to Joratarai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Joratarai village had a population of 412. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 687 residents.

Joratarai village has 195 males and 217 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Joratarai has about 1113 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Joratarai is 494665. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Joratarai covers 671.93 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.

Joratarai falls under Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Joratarai notes the nearest railway station 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 Joratarai.

Joratarai is about 87 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Joratarai is in Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district. Nagri is about 30 km away. Umarkot is about 51 km away. Dhamtari is about 87 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.