About Jhiriya Village

Jhiriya is a mid sized village in Khairlanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,336, made up of 665 males and 671 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 618.27 hectares hectares.

Jhiriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhiriya village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Khairlanji
Area (hectares)	618.27 hectares
Population	1,336
Male Population	665
Female Population	671
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhiriya compares

By the 2011 count Jhiriya is the 53rd largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,837 residents. Its 618.27 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 1028.

Getting to Jhiriya

Jhiriya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jhiriya as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Jhiriya from other places

Jhiriya lies about 30 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Lakhanwara, about 16 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 Jhiriya
Tehsil headquarters	Khairlanji	7.6 km
Nearest town	Wārāseonī	15 km
Nearest railway station	Lakhanwara	16 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	30 km

Villages closest to Jhiriya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhiriya village had a population of 1,336. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,837 residents.

Jhiriya village has 665 males and 671 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhiriya has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1028.

Jhiriya covers 618.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jhiriya falls under Khairlanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jhiriya is Lakhanwara, about 16 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Jhiriya.

Jhiriya is about 30 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhiriya is in Khairlanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Khairlanji is about 7.6 km away. Wārāseonī is about 15 km away. Lakhanwara is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.