# Jhalon Village, Babai, Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code

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Village · Babai, Hoshangabad 

# Jhalon

Jhalon is a village in Babai sub-district of Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,735 people in 375 households**, the 20th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,735people (2011)
- 375households
- 66.6%literacy
- 902females per 1,000 males

## Jhalon PIN code and other codes

Jhalon falls in Babai sub-district, Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockBabai
- Census village code487612

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

## How far is Jhalon from nearby towns?

- Babai (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Hoshangabad (district HQ)40 km by road
- Hoshangabad (nearest town)40 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 Jhalon?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Jhalon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Semri Harchand
- ○Degree college10+ km · Babai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hoshangabad
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 h winter

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 Jhalon known for?

The main crops are **wheat, soyabean and chana**. About 59% of the 453 hectares of village land is sown, and 125 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 Jhalon

Of every 100 households in Jhalon in 2011, 71 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jhalon · ■ Babai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**67%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**71%

Tap water ****4%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**96%

Use banking services ****42%**

**31%

Television ****46%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**39%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Jhalon?

■ Jhalon · ■ Babai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.6%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****902**

**911

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**919

Working population ****35.9%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 53.3% for women. 51% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 148 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 166 (27%) · **■** Household industry 32 (5%) · **■** Other work 42 (7%) · **■** Marginal 235 (38%)

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 Babai

- Kotgaon1,977 people
- Sanga Kheda Khurd1,971 people
- Rajon1,756 people
- Pawar Kheda Khurd1,751 people
- Sirwad1,727 people
- Patni1,708 people
- Budhni1,615 people
- Satwasa1,486 people

[All 106 villages in Babai](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/hoshangabad/babai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Jhalon from Hoshangabad?40 km by road
- What is the population of Jhalon?1,735 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhalon in?Hoshangabad district (Babai sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Jhalon?66.6% (Census 2011)