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About Jatkanhar Village

Jatkanhar is a mid sized village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,237, made up of 621 males and 616 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 412.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jatkanhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jatkanhar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Dongargarh
Pincode 491445
Area (hectares) 412.19 hectares
Population 1,237
Male Population 621
Female Population 616
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 992
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Jatkanhar compares

By the 2011 count Jatkanhar is the 45th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 412.19 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Jatkanhar

Jatkanhar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Jatkanhar 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jatkanhar from other places

Jatkanhar lies about 23 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, about under 2 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 Jatkanhar
Nearest railway station Jatkanhar under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Dongargarh 6.9 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 23 km

Villages closest to Jatkanhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jatkanhar village had a population of 1,237. That makes it the 45th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Jatkanhar village has 621 males and 616 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jatkanhar has about 992 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Jatkanhar is 491445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jatkanhar covers 412.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jatkanhar falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jatkanhar is Jatkanhar, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Jatkanhar.

Jatkanhar is about 23 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jatkanhar is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Jatkanhar is about under 2 km away. Dongargarh is about 6.9 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghusera (under 2 km), Haransinghi (1.9 km) and Belgaon (2.0 km).

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

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