About Jam Village

Jam is one of the larger villages in Lalbarra tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,530, made up of 2,731 males and 2,799 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 925.72 hectares hectares.

Jam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jam village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Lalbarra
Area (hectares)	925.72 hectares
Population	5,530
Male Population	2,731
Female Population	2,799
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ 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 1,485 residents. Its 925.72 hectares work out to about 6.0 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 1020.

Getting to Jam

Jam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. 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 10+ 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 26 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Titwa, about 9.0 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	Titwa	9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lalbarra	26 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	26 km
Nearest town	Bālāghāt	26 km

Villages closest to Jam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jam village had a population of 5,530. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents.

Jam village has 2,731 males and 2,799 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jam has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Jam covers 925.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Jam is Titwa, about 9.0 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 village for Jam.

Jam is about 26 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 Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district. Titwa is about 9.0 km away. Lalbarra is about 26 km away. Balaghat is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.