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About Jurgu Village

Jurgu is a mid sized village in Jaitpur tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 726, made up of 360 males and 366 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 807.47 hectares hectares.

Jurgu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jurgu village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shahdol
Tehsil Jaitpur
Area (hectares) 807.47 hectares
Population 726
Male Population 360
Female Population 366
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,017
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Jurgu compares

By the 2011 count Jurgu is the 90th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 879 residents. Its 807.47 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Jurgu

Jurgu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Jurgu as Available within 5 - 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Jamudi, Jamuniha, Jhik and Jhiriya. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Jurgu

As per the Census of India 2011, Jurgu village had a population of 726. That makes it the 90th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 879 residents.

Jurgu village has 360 males and 366 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jurgu has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Jurgu covers 807.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Jurgu notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Jurgu is in Jaitpur tehsil of Shahdol district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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