About Jom Village

Jom is a mid sized village in Chhuikhadan tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 590, made up of 273 males and 317 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,161 females per 1000 males. The village covers 298.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491888, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jom Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jom village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuikhadan
Pincode	491888
Area (hectares)	298.09 hectares
Population	590
Male Population	273
Female Population	317
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,161
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jom compares

By the 2011 count Jom is the 111th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 694 residents. Its 298.09 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1014.

Getting to Jom

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

Jom lies about 56 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Rasmara, about 44 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 Jom
Tehsil headquarters	Chhuikhadan	16 km
Nearest town	Khairāgarh	25 km
Nearest railway station	Rasmara	44 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	56 km

Villages closest to Jom

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 Jom

As per the Census of India 2011, Jom village had a population of 590. That makes it the 111th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 694 residents.

Jom village has 273 males and 317 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jom has about 1161 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Jom is 491888. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jom covers 298.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jom falls under Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jom is Rasmara, about 44 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 village for Jom.

Jom is about 56 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jom is in Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuikhadan is about 16 km away. Khairāgarh is about 25 km away. Rasmara is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.