About Jharguda Village

Jharguda is a small village in Raigarh tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 338, made up of 165 males and 173 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 253.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jharguda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jharguda village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Raigarh
Pincode	496001
Area (hectares)	253.7 hectares
Population	338
Male Population	165
Female Population	173
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,048
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jharguda compares

By the 2011 count Jharguda is the 119th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 253.7 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Jharguda

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

Jharguda lies about 14 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Kotarlia, about 8.3 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 Jharguda
Nearest railway station	Kotarlia	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Raigarh	14 km

Villages closest to Jharguda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jharguda village had a population of 338. That makes it the 119th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Jharguda village has 165 males and 173 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jharguda has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Jharguda is 496001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jharguda covers 253.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jharguda falls under Raigarh tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jharguda is Kotarlia, about 8.3 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 Jharguda.

Jharguda is about 14 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jharguda is in Raigarh tehsil of Raigarh district. Kotarlia is about 8.3 km away. Raigarh is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.