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About Jamgaon Village

Jamgaon is a mid sized village in Raigarh tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,308, made up of 653 males and 655 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 322.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jamgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jamgaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Raigarh
Pincode 496001
Area (hectares) 322.63 hectares
Population 1,308
Male Population 653
Female Population 655
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Jamgaon compares

By the 2011 count Jamgaon is the 36th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 322.63 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Jamgaon

Jamgaon is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Jamgaon as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jamgaon from other places

Jamgaon lies about 16 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Jamga, about 2.7 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 Jamgaon
Nearest railway station Jamga 2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Raigarh 16 km

Villages closest to Jamgaon

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.

Common questions about Jamgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Jamgaon village had a population of 1,308. That makes it the 36th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Jamgaon village has 653 males and 655 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jamgaon has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 989.

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

Jamgaon covers 322.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jamgaon falls under Raigarh tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jamgaon is Jamga, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Jamgaon.

Jamgaon is about 16 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jamgaon is in Raigarh tehsil of Raigarh district. Jamga is about 2.7 km away. Raigarh is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kukurda (under 2 km), Beharapali (1.8 km) and Kolaibahal (2.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Jamgaon today is likely to be higher.

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