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About Jhamul Village

Jhamul is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,876, made up of 933 males and 943 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 726.11 hectares hectares.

Jhamul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhamul village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Baihar
Area (hectares) 726.11 hectares
Population 1,876
Male Population 933
Female Population 943
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhamul compares

By the 2011 count Jhamul is the 18th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 726.11 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 1032.

Getting to Jhamul

Jhamul is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Jhamul as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Jhamul from other places

Jhamul lies about 79 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Bamhani Banjar, about 44 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 Jhamul
Nearest town Malajkhand 28 km
Tehsil headquarters Baihar 31 km
Nearest railway station Bamhani Banjar 44 km
District headquarters Balaghat 79 km

Villages closest to Jhamul

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhamul village had a population of 1,876. That makes it the 18th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Jhamul village has 933 males and 943 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhamul has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

Jhamul covers 726.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jhamul falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jhamul is Bamhani Banjar, about 44 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Jhamul.

Jhamul is about 79 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhamul is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Malajkhand is about 28 km away. Baihar is about 31 km away. Bamhani Banjar is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Agantara (2.4 km), Arandi (3.8 km) and Kugaon (5.0 km).

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

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