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About Janki Village

Janki is a mid sized village in Balrampur tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 856, made up of 431 males and 425 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102 hectares hectares.

Janki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janki village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Katihar
Tehsil Balrampur
Area (hectares) 102 hectares
Population 856
Male Population 431
Female Population 425
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 986
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Janki compares

By the 2011 count Janki is the 62nd largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,238 residents. Its 102 hectares work out to about 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Janki

The census records public bus service for Janki as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Janki from other places

Janki lies about 20 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Jhaua, about 4.3 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 Janki
Nearest railway station Jhaua 4.3 km
District headquarters Katihar 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Balrampur 25 km

Villages closest to Janki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janki village had a population of 856. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,238 residents.

Janki village has 431 males and 425 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janki has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 946.

Janki covers 102 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Janki falls under Balrampur tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Janki is Jhaua, about 4.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Janki.

Janki is about 20 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janki is in Balrampur tehsil of Katihar district. Jhaua is about 4.3 km away. Katihar is about 20 km away. Balrampur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sharif Nagar (3.1 km), Sharif Nagar Milik (3.1 km) and Raipur (8.1 km).

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

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