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About Janta Village

Janta is a mid sized village in Bemetara tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,182, made up of 603 males and 579 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 459.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janta village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Bemetara
Pincode 491335
Area (hectares) 459.45 hectares
Population 1,182
Male Population 603
Female Population 579
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 960
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Janta compares

By the 2011 count Janta is the 55th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents. Its 459.45 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Janta

Janta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Janta as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Janta from other places

Janta lies about 78 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 50 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 Janta
Tehsil headquarters Bemetara 21 km
Nearest town Bemetāra 21 km
Nearest railway station Hathbandh 50 km
District headquarters Durg 78 km

Villages closest to Janta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janta village had a population of 1,182. That makes it the 55th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents.

Janta village has 603 males and 579 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janta has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Janta is 491335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janta covers 459.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janta falls under Bemetara tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Janta is Hathbandh, about 50 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Janta.

Janta is about 78 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janta is in Bemetara tehsil of Durg district. Bemetara is about 21 km away. Bemetāra is about 21 km away. Hathbandh is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Umariya (2.4 km), Marjadpur (2.7 km) and Betar (2.7 km).

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

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