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About Jhiriya Kalan Village

Jhiriya Kalan is a mid sized village in Pandariya tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 597, made up of 311 males and 286 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 645.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491559, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhiriya Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhiriya Kalan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Kabeerdham
Tehsil Pandariya
Pincode 491559
Area (hectares) 645.33 hectares
Population 597
Male Population 311
Female Population 286
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 920
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhiriya Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Jhiriya Kalan is the 173rd largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 645.33 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Jhiriya Kalan

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

Jhiriya Kalan lies about 30 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Salkaroad, about 58 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 Jhiriya Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Pandariya 6.4 km
District headquarters Kabeerdham 30 km
Nearest town Mungeli 31 km
Nearest railway station Salkaroad 58 km

Villages closest to Jhiriya Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pandariya 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 Jhiriya Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhiriya Kalan village had a population of 597. That makes it the 173rd largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Jhiriya Kalan village has 311 males and 286 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhiriya Kalan has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Jhiriya Kalan is 491559. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jhiriya Kalan covers 645.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jhiriya Kalan falls under Pandariya tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jhiriya Kalan is Salkaroad, about 58 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 Jhiriya Kalan.

Jhiriya Kalan is about 30 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhiriya Kalan is in Pandariya tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Pandariya is about 6.4 km away. Kabeerdham is about 30 km away. Mungeli is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jhiriya Khurd (1.6 km), Dalpuruwa (1.8 km) and Buchipara (2.1 km).

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

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