About Jalkot Village

Jalkot is a small village in Basna tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 282, made up of 135 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,089 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jalkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jalkot village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Basna
Pincode	493554
Area (hectares)	131.1 hectares
Population	282
Male Population	135
Female Population	147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,089
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jalkot compares

By the 2011 count Jalkot is the 189th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 767 residents. Its 131.1 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Jalkot

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

Jalkot lies about 83 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 55 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 Jalkot
Tehsil headquarters	Basna	4.6 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	15 km
Nearest railway station	Komakhan railway station	55 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	83 km

Villages closest to Jalkot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jalkot village had a population of 282. That makes it the 189th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 767 residents.

Jalkot village has 135 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jalkot has about 1089 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Jalkot is 493554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jalkot covers 131.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jalkot falls under Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jalkot is Komakhan railway station, about 55 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 Jalkot.

Jalkot is about 83 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jalkot is in Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district. Basna is about 4.6 km away. Saraipali is about 15 km away. Komakhan railway station is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.