About Jankipur Village

Jankipur is a large village in Amarpur tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,816, made up of 1,510 males and 1,306 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112 hectares hectares.

Jankipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jankipur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Amarpur
Area (hectares)	112 hectares
Population	2,816
Male Population	1,510
Female Population	1,306
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	865
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jankipur compares

By the 2011 count Jankipur is the 24th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,673 residents. Its 112 hectares work out to about 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Jankipur

Jankipur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Jankipur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jankipur from other places

Jankipur lies about 24 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Punsia, about 13 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Jankipur
Nearest railway station	Punsia	13 km
Nearest town	Godda	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amarpur	23 km
District headquarters	Banka	24 km

Villages closest to Jankipur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Amarpur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Jankipur

As per the Census of India 2011, Jankipur village had a population of 2,816. That makes it the 24th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,673 residents.

Jankipur village has 1,510 males and 1,306 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jankipur has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Jankipur covers 112 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Jankipur falls under Amarpur tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Jankipur is Punsia, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Jankipur.

Jankipur is about 24 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jankipur is in Amarpur tehsil of Banka district. Punsia is about 13 km away. Godda is about 20 km away. Amarpur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.