About Jiganhat Village

Jiganhat is a large village in Unchahara tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,359, made up of 1,252 males and 1,107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 775.77 hectares hectares.

Jiganhat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jiganhat village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Satna
Tehsil	Unchahara
Area (hectares)	775.77 hectares
Population	2,359
Male Population	1,252
Female Population	1,107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Jiganhat compares

By the 2011 count Jiganhat is the 15th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 775.77 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Jiganhat

Jiganhat is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jiganhat 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 within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jiganhat from other places

Jiganhat lies about 4.6 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Satna Junction, about 4.0 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 Jiganhat
Nearest railway station	Satna Junction	4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Unchahara	4.6 km
District headquarters	Satna	4.6 km

Villages closest to Jiganhat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jiganhat village had a population of 2,359. That makes it the 15th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Jiganhat village has 1,252 males and 1,107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jiganhat has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Jiganhat covers 775.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jiganhat falls under Unchahara tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jiganhat is Satna Junction, about 4.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Jiganhat is about 4.6 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jiganhat is in Unchahara tehsil of Satna district. Satna Junction is about 4.0 km away. Unchahara is about 4.6 km away. Satna is about 4.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.