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About Joba Village

Joba is a small village in Sakti tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 371, made up of 171 males and 200 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,170 females per 1000 males. The village covers 237.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495689, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Joba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Joba village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Sakti
Pincode 495689
Area (hectares) 237.48 hectares
Population 371
Male Population 171
Female Population 200
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,170
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Joba compares

By the 2011 count Joba is the 106th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents. Its 237.48 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 1006.

Getting to Joba

Joba is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Joba as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Joba from other places

Joba lies about 35 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Jetha, about 12 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 Joba
Nearest railway station Jetha 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Sakti 14 km
Nearest town Saktī 14 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 35 km

Villages closest to Joba

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

Common questions about Joba

As per the Census of India 2011, Joba village had a population of 371. That makes it the 106th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents.

Joba village has 171 males and 200 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Joba has about 1170 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Joba is 495689. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Joba covers 237.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Joba falls under Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Joba is Jetha, about 12 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 <5 km distance for Joba.

Joba is about 35 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Joba is in Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Jetha is about 12 km away. Sakti is about 14 km away. Saktī is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhindmuda (under 2 km), Barpalikalan (1.8 km) and Kharripara (1.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Joba today is likely to be higher.

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