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About Jam Village

Jam is a large village in Katangi tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,922, made up of 1,435 males and 1,487 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 840.21 hectares hectares.

Jam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jam village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Katangi
Area (hectares) 840.21 hectares
Population 2,922
Male Population 1,435
Female Population 1,487
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Jam compares

By the 2011 count Jam is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents. Its 840.21 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 1040.

Getting to Jam

Jam 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 Jam as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jam from other places

Jam lies about 33 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Lakhanwara, about 2.7 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 Jam
Nearest railway station Lakhanwara 2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Katangi 7.1 km
Nearest town Wārāseonī 18 km
District headquarters Balaghat 33 km

Villages closest to Jam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jam village had a population of 2,922. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents.

Jam village has 1,435 males and 1,487 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jam has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1040.

Jam covers 840.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jam falls under Katangi tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jam is Lakhanwara, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Jam.

Jam is about 33 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jam is in Katangi tehsil of Balaghat district. Lakhanwara is about 2.7 km away. Katangi is about 7.1 km away. Wārāseonī is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Atri (1.7 km), Lakhanwada (1.7 km) and Arjuni (2.3 km).

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

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