About Jhilagitar Village

Jhilagitar is a small village in Pusour tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 159, made up of 88 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 807 females per 1000 males. The village covers 250.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491995, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhilagitar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhilagitar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Pusour
Pincode	491995
Area (hectares)	250.16 hectares
Population	159
Male Population	88
Female Population	71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	807
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhilagitar compares

By the 2011 count Jhilagitar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 934 residents. Its 250.16 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 Jhilagitar

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

Jhilagitar lies about 20 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Kotarlia, about 17 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 Jhilagitar
Nearest railway station	Kotarlia	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pusour	20 km
District headquarters	Raigarh	20 km

Villages closest to Jhilagitar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhilagitar village had a population of 159. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 934 residents.

Jhilagitar village has 88 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhilagitar has about 807 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 Jhilagitar is 491995. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jhilagitar covers 250.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jhilagitar falls under Pusour tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jhilagitar is Kotarlia, about 17 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 10+ km distance for Jhilagitar.

Jhilagitar is about 20 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhilagitar is in Pusour tehsil of Raigarh district. Kotarlia is about 17 km away. Pusour is about 20 km away. Raigarh is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.