About Jholar Village

Jholar is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 559, made up of 277 males and 282 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 312.28 hectares hectares.

Jholar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jholar village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Baihar
Area (hectares)	312.28 hectares
Population	559
Male Population	277
Female Population	282
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
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 Jholar compares

By the 2011 count Jholar is the 156th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 312.28 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Jholar

Jholar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Jholar 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 Jholar from other places

Jholar lies about 74 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Bamhani Banjar, about 61 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 Jholar
Nearest town	Malajkhand	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baihar	28 km
Nearest railway station	Bamhani Banjar	61 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	74 km

Villages closest to Jholar

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.

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Common questions about Jholar

As per the Census of India 2011, Jholar village had a population of 559. That makes it the 156th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Jholar village has 277 males and 282 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jholar has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

Jholar covers 312.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Jholar is Bamhani Banjar, about 61 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 Jholar.

Jholar is about 74 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jholar is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Malajkhand is about 14 km away. Baihar is about 28 km away. Bamhani Banjar is about 61 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.