About Jhakar Village

Jhakar is a mid sized village in Niwali tehsil, in the district of Barwani, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,161, made up of 627 males and 534 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 246.2 hectares hectares.

Jhakar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhakar village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Barwani
Tehsil	Niwali
Area (hectares)	246.2 hectares
Population	1,161
Male Population	627
Female Population	534
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	852
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhakar compares

By the 2011 count Jhakar is the 39th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,678 residents. Its 246.2 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Jhakar

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

Jhakar lies about 25 km from Barwani, and the nearest railway station is Hathi gate station, about 41 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 Jhakar
Tehsil headquarters	Niwali	25 km
District headquarters	Barwani	25 km
Nearest town	Barwāni	25 km
Nearest railway station	Hathi gate station	41 km

Villages closest to Jhakar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhakar village had a population of 1,161. That makes it the 39th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,678 residents.

Jhakar village has 627 males and 534 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhakar has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 996.

Jhakar covers 246.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jhakar falls under Niwali tehsil of Barwani district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jhakar is Hathi gate station, about 41 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Jhakar.

Jhakar is about 25 km from Barwani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhakar is in Niwali tehsil of Barwani district. Niwali is about 25 km away. Barwani is about 25 km away. Barwāni is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.