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About Jalwat Village

Jalwat is a mid sized village in Dahi tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,064, made up of 470 males and 594 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,264 females per 1000 males. The village covers 324.99 hectares hectares.

Jalwat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jalwat village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Dahi
Area (hectares) 324.99 hectares
Population 1,064
Male Population 470
Female Population 594
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,264
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Jalwat compares

By the 2011 count Jalwat is the 48th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,733 residents. Its 324.99 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Jalwat

Jalwat is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Jalwat 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jalwat from other places

Jalwat lies about 94 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Alirajpur, about 26 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 Jalwat
Tehsil headquarters Dahi 3.8 km
Nearest town Kukshi 24 km
Nearest railway station Alirajpur 26 km
District headquarters Dhar 94 km

Villages closest to Jalwat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jalwat village had a population of 1,064. That makes it the 48th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,733 residents.

Jalwat village has 470 males and 594 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jalwat has about 1264 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Jalwat covers 324.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jalwat falls under Dahi tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jalwat is Alirajpur, about 26 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Jalwat.

Jalwat is about 94 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jalwat is in Dahi tehsil of Dhar district. Dahi is about 3.8 km away. Kukshi is about 24 km away. Alirajpur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basnali (1.9 km), Bodgaon (2.0 km) and Gangapur (2.9 km).

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

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