About Jam Village

Jam is a small village in Ghansaur tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 457, made up of 212 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,156 females per 1000 males. The village covers 295.14 hectares hectares.

Jam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jam village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Seoni
Tehsil	Ghansaur
Area (hectares)	295.14 hectares
Population	457
Male Population	212
Female Population	245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,156
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Jam compares

By the 2011 count Jam is the 125th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 593 residents. Its 295.14 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 987.

Getting to Jam

Jam is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Jam as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Jam from other places

Jam lies about 77 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Ghunsore, about 3.5 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	Ghunsore	3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghansaur	4.1 km
Nearest town	Nainpur	27 km
District headquarters	Seoni	77 km

Villages closest to Jam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ghansaur 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 457. That makes it the 125th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 593 residents.

Jam village has 212 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jam has about 1156 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Jam covers 295.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jam falls under Ghansaur tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jam is Ghunsore, about 3.5 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Jam.

Jam is about 77 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jam is in Ghansaur tehsil of Seoni district. Ghunsore is about 3.5 km away. Ghansaur is about 4.1 km away. Nainpur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.