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About Janjgir Village

Janjgir is a mid sized village in Tamnar tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,070, made up of 527 males and 543 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 559.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496197, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janjgir Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janjgir village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Tamnar
Pincode 496197
Area (hectares) 559.41 hectares
Population 1,070
Male Population 527
Female Population 543
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,030
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Janjgir compares

By the 2011 count Janjgir is the 34th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 848 residents. Its 559.41 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, a little above the tehsil average of 998.

Getting to Janjgir

Janjgir is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Janjgir as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Harradih, Hinjher, Jamchunwa and Jamdabri. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Janjgir

As per the Census of India 2011, Janjgir village had a population of 1,070. That makes it the 34th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 848 residents.

Janjgir village has 527 males and 543 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janjgir has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 998.

The pincode recorded for Janjgir is 496197. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janjgir covers 559.41 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.

Janjgir falls under Tamnar tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Janjgir notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Janjgir.

Janjgir is in Tamnar tehsil of Raigarh district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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