About Jalpur Village

Jalpur is a mid sized village in Saraipali tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,226, made up of 572 males and 654 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,143 females per 1000 males. The village covers 277.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jalpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jalpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Saraipali
Pincode	493558
Area (hectares)	277.4 hectares
Population	1,226
Male Population	572
Female Population	654
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,143
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jalpur compares

By the 2011 count Jalpur is the 30th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 750 residents. Its 277.4 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Jalpur

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

Jalpur lies about 106 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Barpali, about 59 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 Jalpur
Tehsil headquarters	Saraipali	10 km
Nearest railway station	Barpali	59 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	106 km

Villages closest to Jalpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jalpur village had a population of 1,226. That makes it the 30th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 750 residents.

Jalpur village has 572 males and 654 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jalpur has about 1143 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Jalpur is 493558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jalpur covers 277.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jalpur falls under Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jalpur is Barpali, about 59 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 Jalpur.

Jalpur is about 106 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jalpur is in Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 10 km away. Barpali is about 59 km away. Mahasamund is about 106 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.