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About Jhika Village

Jhika is a small village in Dongargaon tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 435, made up of 203 males and 232 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,143 females per 1000 males. The village covers 201.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhika Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhika village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Dongargaon
Pincode 491661
Area (hectares) 201.2 hectares
Population 435
Male Population 203
Female Population 232
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,143
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhika compares

By the 2011 count Jhika is the 98th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents. Its 201.2 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Jhika

Jhika is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jhika as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Jhika from other places

Jhika lies about 17 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bakal, about 12 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 Jhika
Tehsil headquarters Dongargaon 7.0 km
Nearest railway station Bakal 12 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 17 km
Nearest town Rāj-Nāndgaon 17 km

Villages closest to Jhika

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhika village had a population of 435. That makes it the 98th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents.

Jhika village has 203 males and 232 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhika has about 1143 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Jhika is 491661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jhika covers 201.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jhika falls under Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jhika is Bakal, about 12 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 <5 km distance for Jhika.

Jhika is about 17 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhika is in Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Dongargaon is about 7.0 km away. Bakal is about 12 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Godri (1.7 km), Diwanbhedi (1.8 km) and Sukhri (2.2 km).

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

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