About Jhiriya Village

Jhiriya is a small village in Jaitpur tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 428, made up of 210 males and 218 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 567.74 hectares hectares.

Jhiriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhiriya village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shahdol
Tehsil	Jaitpur
Area (hectares)	567.74 hectares
Population	428
Male Population	210
Female Population	218
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,038
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhiriya compares

By the 2011 count Jhiriya is the 134th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 879 residents. Its 567.74 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Jhiriya

Jhiriya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jhiriya as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Jhiriya from other places

Jhiriya lies about 88 km from Shahdol, and the nearest railway station is Umaria, about 53 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 Jhiriya
Tehsil headquarters	Jaitpur	21 km
Nearest railway station	Umaria	53 km
Nearest town	Nowrozabad	53 km
District headquarters	Shahdol	88 km

Villages closest to Jhiriya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhiriya village had a population of 428. That makes it the 134th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 879 residents.

Jhiriya village has 210 males and 218 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhiriya has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

Jhiriya covers 567.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jhiriya falls under Jaitpur tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jhiriya is Umaria, about 53 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 village for Jhiriya.

Jhiriya is about 88 km from Shahdol in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhiriya is in Jaitpur tehsil of Shahdol district. Jaitpur is about 21 km away. Umaria is about 53 km away. Nowrozabad is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.