# Jhiriya Village, Akaltara, Janjgir - Champa (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Akaltara, Janjgir - Champa 

# Jhiriya

Jhiriya is a village in Akaltara sub-district of Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **495554**. The 2011 Census counted **350 people in 73 households**, the 74th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 350people (2011)
- 73households
- 75.7%literacy
- 495554PIN code

## Jhiriya PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Jhiriya is 495554.** Jhiriya falls in Akaltara sub-district, Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code495554
- Gram panchayatAmlipali
- Community development blockAkaltara
- Census village code436595

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Jhiriya from nearby towns?

- Akaltara (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Janjgir (district HQ)30 km by road
- Akaltara (nearest town)10 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Jhiriya?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Jhiriya; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Pondi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Akaltara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Akaltara
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Jhiriya known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and tivra**. About 76% of the 159 hectares of village land is sown, and 120 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Jhiriya

Of every 100 households in Jhiriya in 2011, 86 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jhiriya · ■ Akaltara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**85%

Tap water ****100%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****1%**

**22%

Television ****14%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**35%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Jhiriya?

■ Jhiriya · ■ Akaltara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****758**

**983

Working population ****82.9%**

**51.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 65.1% for women. 81% of men and 85% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 23 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 116 (40%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 147 (51%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Akaltara

- Pachri462 people
- Amlipali438 people
- Khapridih416 people
- Bhaisatara377 people
- Sonaidih277 people
- Ameri225 people
- Lilwadih45 people
- Saraiguhan45 people

[All 81 villages in Akaltara](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/janjgir-champa/akaltara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Jhiriya?495554
- How far is Jhiriya from Janjgir?30 km by road
- What is the population of Jhiriya?350 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhiriya in?Janjgir - Champa district (Akaltara sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Jhiriya?75.7% (Census 2011)