About Joratarai Village

Joratarai is a mid sized village in Gunderdehi tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,401, made up of 709 males and 692 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 488.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491223, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Joratarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Joratarai village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Gunderdehi
Pincode	491223
Area (hectares)	488.5 hectares
Population	1,401
Male Population	709
Female Population	692
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Joratarai compares

By the 2011 count Joratarai is the 48th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents. Its 488.5 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1007.

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 village. 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 31 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Gundardehi, about 8.3 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 Joratarai
Nearest railway station	Gundardehi	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gunderdehi	9.6 km
Nearest town	Balod	28 km
District headquarters	Durg	31 km

Villages closest to Joratarai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gunderdehi 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 1,401. That makes it the 48th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents.

Joratarai village has 709 males and 692 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Joratarai has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Joratarai is 491223. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Joratarai covers 488.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Joratarai falls under Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Joratarai is Gundardehi, about 8.3 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 village for Joratarai.

Joratarai is about 31 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Joratarai is in Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district. Gundardehi is about 8.3 km away. Gunderdehi is about 9.6 km away. Balod is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.