Village · Baihar, Balaghat
# Jairasi

Jairasi is a village in Baihar sub-district of Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 1,150 people in 239 households, the 66th largest of 304 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.6%.
- 1,150 people (2011)
- 239 households
- 60.2% literacy
- 1,003 females per 1,000 males

## Jairasi PIN code and other codes

Jairasi falls in Baihar sub-district, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh.
- Community development block Birsa
- Census village code 498173

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Jairasi from nearby towns?
- Baihar (sub-district HQ) 38 km by road
- Balaghat (district HQ) 110 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Jairasi?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Jairasi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Sports field In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Baihar
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Baihar
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 8 h summer · 8 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Jairasi known for?

About 72% of the 530 hectares of village land is sown, and 21 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Jairasi

Of every 100 households in Jairasi in 2011, 26 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jairasi · ■ Baihar rural average
- Electricity for lighting 26% 44%
- Toilet within the home 12% 6%
- No toilet (open defecation) 88% 93%
- Tap water 3% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 1% 13%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 98%
- Use banking services 13% 30%
- Television 4% 8%
- Mobile phone 33% 12%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 4% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 0%
- None of these assets 20% 40%
- Own their home 98% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Jairasi?

■ Jairasi · ■ Baihar rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 60.2% 65.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1003 1031
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1096 981
- Working population 71.0% 54.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.5% for men and 52.8% for women. 72% of men and 70% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 234 (29%) · ■ Farm labourers 14 (2%) · ■ Other work 13 (2%) · ■ Marginal 556 (68%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Baihar
- Karonda Bahera 1,174 people
- Dadkasa 1,171 people
- Pola 1,165 people
- Gowari 1,160 people
- Pandharapani 1,145 people
- Kholwa 1,134 people
- Bithli 1,121 people
- Keolari 1,120 people

All 330 villages in Baihar

## Quick answers
- How far is Jairasi from Balaghat? 110 km by road
- What is the population of Jairasi? 1,150 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jairasi in? Balaghat district (Baihar sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Jairasi? 60.2% (Census 2011)

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