About Janakpur Village

Janakpur is a small village in Lakhanpur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 40, made up of 22 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 818 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janakpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janakpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Lakhanpur
Pincode	497116
Area (hectares)	130.17 hectares
Population	40
Male Population	22
Female Population	18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	818
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Janakpur compares

By the 2011 count Janakpur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents. Its 130.17 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

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 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 Janakpur from other places

Janakpur lies about 57 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Korba, about 48 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
Tehsil headquarters	Lakhanpur	35 km
Nearest town	Katghora	39 km
Nearest railway station	Korba	48 km
District headquarters	Surguja	57 km

Villages closest to Janakpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lakhanpur 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 40. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents.

Janakpur village has 22 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janakpur has about 818 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Janakpur is 497116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janakpur covers 130.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Janakpur falls under Lakhanpur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Janakpur is Korba, about 48 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 Janakpur.

Janakpur is about 57 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janakpur is in Lakhanpur tehsil of Surguja district. Lakhanpur is about 35 km away. Katghora is about 39 km away. Korba is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.