# Jirran Village, Sohagpur, Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Sohagpur, Hoshangabad 

# Jirran

Jirran is a village in Sohagpur sub-district of Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **273 people in 57 households**, the 138th largest of 159 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 273people (2011)
- 57households
- 78.6%literacy
- 832females per 1,000 males

## Jirran PIN code and other codes

Jirran falls in Sohagpur sub-district, Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockSohagpur
- Census village code487660

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

## How far is Jirran from nearby towns?

- Sohagpur (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Hoshangabad (district HQ)60 km by road
- Sohagpur (nearest town)4 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 Jirran?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Jirran; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Bodi
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sohagpur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Sohagpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hoshangabad
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river
- 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 Jirran known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and chana**. About 74% of the 178 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 Jirran

Of every 100 households in Jirran in 2011, 89 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jirran · ■ Sohagpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****74%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**93%

Use banking services ****18%**

**51%

Television ****44%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**20%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Jirran?

■ Jirran · ■ Sohagpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.6%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****832**

**902

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****667**

**904

Working population ****22.7%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.8% for men and 73.6% for women. 38% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 23 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (8%) · **■** Other work 23 (37%) · **■** Marginal 11 (18%)

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 Sohagpur

- Jam299 people
- Atashri290 people
- Gondi Markadhana290 people
- Chitor Pattan275 people
- Jijwada269 people
- Ratibandar267 people
- Raini Pani259 people
- Mallupura252 people

[All 167 villages in Sohagpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/hoshangabad/sohagpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Jirran from Hoshangabad?60 km by road
- What is the population of Jirran?273 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jirran in?Hoshangabad district (Sohagpur sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Jirran?78.6% (Census 2011)