About Jhalmala Village

Jhalmala is a small village in Sarangarh tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 175, made up of 82 males and 93 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,134 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhalmala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhalmala village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Sarangarh
Pincode	496445
Area (hectares)	91.98 hectares
Population	175
Male Population	82
Female Population	93
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,134
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhalmala compares

By the 2011 count Jhalmala is the 229th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 792 residents. Its 91.98 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 1008.

Getting to Jhalmala

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

Jhalmala lies about 11 km from Sarangarh, and the nearest railway station is Raigarh, about 49 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 Jhalmala
Tehsil headquarters	Sarangarh	11 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	26 km
Nearest railway station	Raigarh	49 km

Villages closest to Jhalmala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhalmala village had a population of 175. That makes it the 229th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 792 residents.

Jhalmala village has 82 males and 93 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhalmala has about 1134 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Jhalmala is 496445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jhalmala covers 91.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jhalmala falls under Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jhalmala is Raigarh, about 49 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 Jhalmala.

Jhalmala is about 11 km from Sarangarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhalmala is in Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district. Sarangarh is about 11 km away. Saraipali is about 26 km away. Raigarh is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.