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About Jhanjhagi Village

Jhanjhagi is a mid sized village in Tirodi tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 907, made up of 443 males and 464 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 277.47 hectares hectares.

Jhanjhagi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhanjhagi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Tirodi
Area (hectares) 277.47 hectares
Population 907
Male Population 443
Female Population 464
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,047
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhanjhagi compares

By the 2011 count Jhanjhagi is the 29th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,106 residents. Its 277.47 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1029.

Getting to Jhanjhagi

Jhanjhagi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jhanjhagi 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 Jhanjhagi from other places

Jhanjhagi lies about 39 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Katangi, about 6.8 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 Jhanjhagi
Nearest railway station Katangi 6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Tirodi 12 km
Nearest town Wārāseonī 22 km
District headquarters Balaghat 39 km

Villages closest to Jhanjhagi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhanjhagi village had a population of 907. That makes it the 29th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,106 residents.

Jhanjhagi village has 443 males and 464 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhanjhagi has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1029.

Jhanjhagi covers 277.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jhanjhagi falls under Tirodi tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jhanjhagi is Katangi, about 6.8 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 Jhanjhagi.

Jhanjhagi is about 39 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhanjhagi is in Tirodi tehsil of Balaghat district. Katangi is about 6.8 km away. Tirodi is about 12 km away. Wārāseonī is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Birsula (1.8 km), Kohka (2.4 km) and Mohgaon (3.2 km).

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

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