Village · Kundam, Jabalpur
# Jhonjh

Jhonjh is a village in Kundam sub-district of Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 358 people in 97 households, the 152nd largest of 192 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.5%.
- 358 people (2011)
- 97 households
- 53.9% literacy
- 1,011 females per 1,000 males

## Jhonjh PIN code and other codes

Jhonjh falls in Kundam sub-district, Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh.
- Community development block Kundam
- Census village code 490260

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

## How far is Jhonjh from nearby towns?
- Kundam (sub-district HQ) 18 km by road
- Jabalpur (district HQ) 37 km by road
- Jabalpur (nearest town) 37 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Jhonjh?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Jhonjh; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Kundum
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Jabalpur
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Jabalpur
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 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 Jhonjh known for?

The main crops are kodu and dhan. About 24% of the 411 hectares of village land is sown, and 3 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Jhonjh

Of every 100 households in Jhonjh in 2011, 55 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 1 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jhonjh · ■ Kundam rural average
- Electricity for lighting 55% 54%
- Toilet within the home 40% 14%
- No toilet (open defecation) 60% 86%
- Tap water 0% 6%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 4%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 99%
- Use banking services 2% 70%
- Television 2% 11%
- Mobile phone 1% 12%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 1% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 0%
- None of these assets 77% 60%
- Own their home 99% 98%

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

## What is the population of Jhonjh?

■ Jhonjh · ■ Kundam rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 53.9% 62.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1011 1013
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1000 980
- Working population 56.7% 54.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.3% for men and 45.5% for women. 56% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 39 (19%) · ■ Farm labourers 7 (3%) · ■ Other work 3 (1%) · ■ Marginal 154 (76%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Kundam
- Khamha 370 people
- Gangai 368 people
- Jamuniya 365 people
- Tori 359 people
- Sukari 344 people
- Tauri 341 people
- Jamuniya 337 people
- Bilsara 331 people

All 198 villages in Kundam

## Quick answers
- How far is Jhonjh from Jabalpur? 37 km by road
- What is the population of Jhonjh? 358 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhonjh in? Jabalpur district (Kundam sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Jhonjh? 53.9% (Census 2011)

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