About Jam Village

Jam is a mid sized village in Seoni tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,603, made up of 785 males and 818 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 954.09 hectares hectares.

Jam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jam village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Seoni
Tehsil	Seoni
Area (hectares)	954.09 hectares
Population	1,603
Male Population	785
Female Population	818
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,042
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 23rd largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 861 residents. Its 954.09 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 952.

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 21 km from Seoni. 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
Tehsil headquarters	Seoni	21 km

Villages closest to Jam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Seoni 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 1,603. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 861 residents.

Jam village has 785 males and 818 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jam has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 952.

Jam covers 954.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Jam notes the nearest railway station 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 21 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 Seoni tehsil of Seoni district. Seoni is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.