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About Janjgira Village

Janjgira is a mid sized village in Tilda tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,265, made up of 614 males and 651 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,060 females per 1000 males. The village covers 449 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janjgira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janjgira village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Tilda
Pincode 493116
Area (hectares) 449 hectares
Population 1,265
Male Population 614
Female Population 651
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,060
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Janjgira compares

By the 2011 count Janjgira is the 65th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,467 residents. Its 449 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Janjgira

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

How far is Janjgira from other places

Janjgira lies about 57 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 32 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 Janjgira
Nearest town Baloda Bāzār 20 km
Nearest railway station Hathbandh 32 km
Tehsil headquarters Tilda 33 km
District headquarters Raipur 57 km

Villages closest to Janjgira

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janjgira village had a population of 1,265. That makes it the 65th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,467 residents.

Janjgira village has 614 males and 651 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janjgira has about 1060 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Janjgira is 493116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janjgira covers 449 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janjgira falls under Tilda tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Janjgira is Hathbandh, about 32 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Janjgira is about 57 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janjgira is in Tilda tehsil of Raipur district. Baloda Bāzār is about 20 km away. Hathbandh is about 32 km away. Tilda is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Champa (12 km), Khapridih (12 km) and Alesur (13 km).

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

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