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About Janukita Village

Janukita is a mid sized village in Barahat tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 855, made up of 458 males and 397 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 28 hectares hectares.

Janukita Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janukita village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Banka
Tehsil Barahat
Area (hectares) 28 hectares
Population 855
Male Population 458
Female Population 397
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Janukita compares

By the 2011 count Janukita is the 41st largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,359 residents. Its 28 hectares work out to about 31 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 915.

Getting to Janukita

Janukita is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Janukita as Available within 5 - 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 Janukita from other places

Janukita lies about 18 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Mandar Hill, about 8.4 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 Janukita
Nearest railway station Mandar Hill 8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Barahat 10 km
Nearest town Godda 12 km
District headquarters Banka 18 km

Villages closest to Janukita

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

Common questions about Janukita

As per the Census of India 2011, Janukita village had a population of 855. That makes it the 41st largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,359 residents.

Janukita village has 458 males and 397 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janukita has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Janukita covers 28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 31 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Janukita falls under Barahat tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Janukita is Mandar Hill, about 8.4 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Janukita.

Janukita is about 18 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janukita is in Barahat tehsil of Banka district. Mandar Hill is about 8.4 km away. Barahat is about 10 km away. Godda is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Panjwara (under 2 km), Charsia (under 2 km) and Gobind Pur (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Janukita today is likely to be higher.

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