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About Jhilwani Village

Jhilwani is a small village in Nainpur tehsil, in the district of Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 336, made up of 159 males and 177 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,113 females per 1000 males. The village covers 324.72 hectares hectares.

Jhilwani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhilwani village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandla
Tehsil Nainpur
Area (hectares) 324.72 hectares
Population 336
Male Population 159
Female Population 177
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,113
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Jhilwani compares

By the 2011 count Jhilwani is the 121st largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 834 residents. Its 324.72 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Jhilwani

Jhilwani 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 Jhilwani as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jhilwani from other places

Jhilwani lies about 29 km from Mandla, and the nearest railway station is Nainpur Junction, about 4.6 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 Jhilwani
Tehsil headquarters Nainpur 4.4 km
Nearest railway station Nainpur Junction 4.6 km
District headquarters Mandla 29 km

Villages closest to Jhilwani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhilwani village had a population of 336. That makes it the 121st largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 834 residents.

Jhilwani village has 159 males and 177 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhilwani has about 1113 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1021.

Jhilwani covers 324.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jhilwani falls under Nainpur tehsil of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jhilwani is Nainpur Junction, about 4.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Jhilwani.

Jhilwani is about 29 km from Mandla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhilwani is in Nainpur tehsil of Mandla district. Nainpur is about 4.4 km away. Nainpur Junction is about 4.6 km away. Mandla is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hirapur (1.7 km), Dungariya (1.9 km) and Niwari (2.4 km).

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

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