About Jam Village

Jam is a small village in Sohagpur tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 299, made up of 158 males and 141 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 220 hectares hectares.

Jam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jam village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Hoshangabad
Tehsil	Sohagpur
Area (hectares)	220 hectares
Population	299
Male Population	158
Female Population	141
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
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 Jam compares

By the 2011 count Jam is the 133rd largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 783 residents. Its 220 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Jam

Jam is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Jam 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 Jam from other places

Jam lies about 53 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Pola-Patthar, 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 Jam
Nearest railway station	Pola-Patthar	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sohagpur	34 km
Nearest town	Sohāgpur	34 km
District headquarters	Hoshangabad	53 km

Villages closest to Jam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sohagpur 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 299. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 783 residents.

Jam village has 158 males and 141 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jam has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 904.

Jam covers 220 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jam falls under Sohagpur tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jam is Pola-Patthar, about 26 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 Jam.

Jam is about 53 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jam is in Sohagpur tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Pola-Patthar is about 26 km away. Sohagpur is about 34 km away. Sohāgpur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.