About Jurgum Village

Jurgum is a mid sized village in Jashpur tehsil, in the district of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,482, made up of 775 males and 707 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 340.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jurgum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jurgum village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Jashpur
Tehsil	Jashpur
Pincode	496331
Area (hectares)	340.07 hectares
Population	1,482
Male Population	775
Female Population	707
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jurgum compares

By the 2011 count Jurgum is the 6th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 709 residents. Its 340.07 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Jurgum

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

Jurgum lies about under 2 km from Jashpur, and the nearest railway station is Kurkura, about 82 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 Jurgum
Tehsil headquarters	Jashpur	under 2 km
Nearest town	Jashpur Nagar	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Kurkura	82 km

Villages closest to Jurgum

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jurgum village had a population of 1,482. That makes it the 6th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 709 residents.

Jurgum village has 775 males and 707 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jurgum has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Jurgum is 496331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jurgum covers 340.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jurgum falls under Jashpur tehsil of Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jurgum is Kurkura, about 82 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 Jurgum.

Jurgum is about under 2 km from Jashpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jurgum is in Jashpur tehsil of Jashpur district. Jashpur is about under 2 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about under 2 km away. Kurkura is about 82 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.