About Janakpur Village

Janakpur is a mid sized village in Wadrafnagar tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,330, made up of 651 males and 679 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 419.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497225, 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	Wadrafnagar
Pincode	497225
Area (hectares)	419.46 hectares
Population	1,330
Male Population	651
Female Population	679
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,043
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 the 48th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,295 residents. Its 419.46 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

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 91 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Jharokhas, about 27 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	Wadrafnagar	19 km
Nearest railway station	Jharokhas	27 km
Nearest town	Renukūt	36 km
District headquarters	Surguja	91 km

Villages closest to Janakpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Wadrafnagar 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 1,330. That makes it the 48th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,295 residents.

Janakpur village has 651 males and 679 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janakpur has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Janakpur is 497225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janakpur covers 419.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janakpur falls under Wadrafnagar tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Janakpur is Jharokhas, about 27 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 91 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 Wadrafnagar tehsil of Surguja district. Wadrafnagar is about 19 km away. Jharokhas is about 27 km away. Renukūt is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.