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About Job Village

Job is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,088, made up of 540 males and 548 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 442.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Job Overview

Census 2011 figures for Job village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuriya
Pincode 491558
Area (hectares) 442.74 hectares
Population 1,088
Male Population 540
Female Population 548
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,015
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Job compares

By the 2011 count Job is the 52nd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 442.74 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Job

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

Job lies about 53 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bortalao, about 26 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 Job
Tehsil headquarters Chhuriya 11 km
Nearest railway station Bortalao 26 km
Nearest town Dongargarh 31 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 53 km

Villages closest to Job

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Job village had a population of 1,088. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Job village has 540 males and 548 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Job has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Job is 491558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Job covers 442.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Job falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Job is Bortalao, about 26 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 Job.

Job is about 53 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Job is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 11 km away. Bortalao is about 26 km away. Dongargarh is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Markakasa (2.4 km), Katenga Tola (3.0 km) and Bijepar (3.0 km).

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

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