About Jantar Village

Jantar is a mid sized village in Dongargaon tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,089, made up of 527 males and 562 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,066 females per 1000 males. The village covers 384.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jantar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jantar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargaon
Pincode	491558
Area (hectares)	384.51 hectares
Population	1,089
Male Population	527
Female Population	562
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,066
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jantar compares

By the 2011 count Jantar is the 48th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents. Its 384.51 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 1005.

Getting to Jantar

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

Jantar lies about 30 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Dongargarh, about 22 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 Jantar
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargaon	9.4 km
Nearest railway station	Dongargarh	22 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	30 km

Villages closest to Jantar

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.

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Common questions about Jantar

As per the Census of India 2011, Jantar village had a population of 1,089. That makes it the 48th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents.

Jantar village has 527 males and 562 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jantar has about 1066 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

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

Jantar covers 384.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jantar falls under Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jantar is Dongargarh, about 22 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 Jantar.

Jantar is about 30 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jantar is in Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Dongargaon is about 9.4 km away. Dongargarh is about 22 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.