About Jhiriya Village

Jhiriya is a small village in Bankhedi tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 211, made up of 108 males and 103 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 954 females per 1000 males. The village covers 595.06 hectares hectares.

Jhiriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhiriya village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Hoshangabad
Tehsil	Bankhedi
Area (hectares)	595.06 hectares
Population	211
Male Population	108
Female Population	103
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	954
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhiriya compares

By the 2011 count Jhiriya is the 112th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,026 residents. Its 595.06 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Jhiriya

Jhiriya is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Jhiriya as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Jhiriya from other places

Jhiriya lies about 24 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Bagratawa, about 13 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 Jhiriya
Nearest railway station	Bagratawa	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bankhedi	24 km
District headquarters	Hoshangabad	24 km
Nearest town	Narmadapuram	24 km

Villages closest to Jhiriya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhiriya village had a population of 211. That makes it the 112th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,026 residents.

Jhiriya village has 108 males and 103 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhiriya has about 954 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 929.

Jhiriya covers 595.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jhiriya falls under Bankhedi tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jhiriya is Bagratawa, about 13 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 10+ km distance for Jhiriya.

Jhiriya is about 24 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhiriya is in Bankhedi tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Bagratawa is about 13 km away. Bankhedi is about 24 km away. Hoshangabad is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.