About Joratarai Village

Joratarai is a mid sized village in Khairagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,329, made up of 651 males and 678 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 619.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491885, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Joratarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Joratarai village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Khairagarh
Pincode	491885
Area (hectares)	619.53 hectares
Population	1,329
Male Population	651
Female Population	678
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,041
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Joratarai compares

By the 2011 count Joratarai is the 29th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 779 residents. Its 619.53 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Joratarai

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

Joratarai lies about 8.4 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Parmalkasa, about 4.3 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 Joratarai
Nearest railway station	Parmalkasa	4.3 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	8.4 km
Nearest town	Rāj-Nāndgaon	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khairagarh	30 km

Villages closest to Joratarai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Joratarai village had a population of 1,329. That makes it the 29th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 779 residents.

Joratarai village has 651 males and 678 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Joratarai has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Joratarai is 491885. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Joratarai covers 619.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Joratarai falls under Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Joratarai is Parmalkasa, about 4.3 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 Joratarai.

Joratarai is about 8.4 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Joratarai is in Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Parmalkasa is about 4.3 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 8.4 km away. Rāj-Nāndgaon is about 8.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.