About Jhiriya Village

Jhiriya is a small village in Chhuikhadan tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 298, made up of 159 males and 139 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 219.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491885, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhiriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhiriya village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuikhadan
Pincode	491885
Area (hectares)	219.72 hectares
Population	298
Male Population	159
Female Population	139
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhiriya compares

By the 2011 count Jhiriya is the 160th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 694 residents. Its 219.72 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Jhiriya

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

Jhiriya lies about 58 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, about 48 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 Jhiriya
Tehsil headquarters	Chhuikhadan	12 km
Nearest town	Khairāgarh	22 km
Nearest railway station	Jatkanhar	48 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	58 km

Villages closest to Jhiriya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhiriya village had a population of 298. That makes it the 160th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 694 residents.

Jhiriya village has 159 males and 139 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhiriya has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Jhiriya is 491885. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jhiriya covers 219.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jhiriya falls under Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jhiriya is Jatkanhar, about 48 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 Jhiriya.

Jhiriya is about 58 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhiriya is in Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuikhadan is about 12 km away. Khairāgarh is about 22 km away. Jatkanhar is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.