About Joratarai Village

Joratarai is a mid sized village in Bagbahra tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 607, made up of 299 males and 308 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 425.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Joratarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Joratarai village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Bagbahra
Pincode	493449
Area (hectares)	425.16 hectares
Population	607
Male Population	299
Female Population	308
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,030
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Joratarai compares

By the 2011 count Joratarai is the 122nd largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 425.16 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Joratarai

Joratarai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Joratarai 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Joratarai from other places

Joratarai lies about 24 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Bhimkhoj, about 4.1 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 Joratarai
Nearest railway station	Bhimkhoj	4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bagbahra	7.4 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	24 km
Nearest town	Mahāsamund	24 km

Villages closest to Joratarai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Joratarai village had a population of 607. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Joratarai village has 299 males and 308 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Joratarai has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Joratarai is 493449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Joratarai covers 425.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Joratarai falls under Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Joratarai is Bhimkhoj, about 4.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Joratarai.

Joratarai is about 24 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Joratarai is in Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district. Bhimkhoj is about 4.1 km away. Bagbahra is about 7.4 km away. Mahasamund is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.