About Gajma Village

Gajma is a small village in Manora tehsil, in the district of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 259, made up of 138 males and 121 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 338.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496330, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gajma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gajma village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Jashpur
Tehsil	Manora
Pincode	496330
Area (hectares)	338.83 hectares
Population	259
Male Population	138
Female Population	121
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gajma compares

By the 2011 count Gajma is the 83rd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 629 residents. Its 338.83 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Gajma

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

Gajma lies about 21 km from Jashpur, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 78 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 Gajma
Tehsil headquarters	Manora	7.7 km
District headquarters	Jashpur	21 km
Nearest town	Jashpur Nagar	21 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	78 km

Villages closest to Gajma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gajma village had a population of 259. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 629 residents.

Gajma village has 138 males and 121 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gajma has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Gajma is 496330. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gajma covers 338.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gajma falls under Manora tehsil of Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gajma is Lohardaga, about 78 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 - 10 km distance for Gajma.

Gajma is about 21 km from Jashpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gajma is in Manora tehsil of Jashpur district. Manora is about 7.7 km away. Jashpur is about 21 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.