About Jharap Village

Jharap is a mid sized village in Jaijaipur tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,390, made up of 709 males and 681 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 308.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jharap Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jharap village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Jaijaipur
Pincode	495661
Area (hectares)	308.22 hectares
Population	1,390
Male Population	709
Female Population	681
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	961
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jharap compares

By the 2011 count Jharap is the 46th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,555 residents. Its 308.22 hectares work out to about 4.5 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 well below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Jharap

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

Jharap lies about 41 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Jetha, about 32 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 Jharap
Tehsil headquarters	Jaijaipur	12 km
Nearest railway station	Jetha	32 km
Nearest town	Saktī	34 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	41 km

Villages closest to Jharap

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jharap village had a population of 1,390. That makes it the 46th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,555 residents.

Jharap village has 709 males and 681 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jharap has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Jharap is 495661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jharap covers 308.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jharap falls under Jaijaipur tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jharap is Jetha, about 32 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 Jharap.

Jharap is about 41 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jharap is in Jaijaipur tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Jaijaipur is about 12 km away. Jetha is about 32 km away. Saktī is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.