About Janakpur Village

Janakpur is a small village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 439, made up of 226 males and 213 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491885, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janakpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janakpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuriya
Pincode	491885
Area (hectares)	141.68 hectares
Population	439
Male Population	226
Female Population	213
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Janakpur compares

By the 2011 count Janakpur is the 170th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 141.68 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Janakpur

Janakpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Janakpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Janakpur from other places

Janakpur lies about 33 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, about 12 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 Janakpur
Nearest railway station	Paniajob	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chhuriya	12 km
Nearest town	Dongargarh	13 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	33 km

Villages closest to Janakpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janakpur village had a population of 439. That makes it the 170th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Janakpur village has 226 males and 213 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janakpur has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Janakpur is 491885. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janakpur covers 141.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janakpur falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Janakpur is Paniajob, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance for Janakpur.

Janakpur is about 33 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janakpur is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Paniajob is about 12 km away. Chhuriya is about 12 km away. Dongargarh is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.