About Jam Village

Jam is a mid sized village in Multai tehsil, in the district of Betul, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,555, made up of 811 males and 744 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 905.73 hectares hectares.

Jam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jam village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Betul
Tehsil	Multai
Area (hectares)	905.73 hectares
Population	1,555
Male Population	811
Female Population	744
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
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 the 50th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,036 residents. Its 905.73 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 999.

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 56 km from Betul, and the nearest railway station is Hatanpur, about 8.5 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	Hatanpur	8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Multai	18 km
District headquarters	Betul	56 km

Villages closest to Jam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Multai 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 1,555. That makes it the 50th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,036 residents.

Jam village has 811 males and 744 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jam has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 999.

Jam covers 905.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jam falls under Multai tehsil of Betul district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jam is Hatanpur, about 8.5 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 56 km from Betul in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jam is in Multai tehsil of Betul district. Hatanpur is about 8.5 km away. Multai is about 18 km away. Betul is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.