About Janakpur Village

Janakpur is a mid sized village in Bhanupratappur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 585, made up of 282 males and 303 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,074 females per 1000 males. The village covers 646.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494669, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janakpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janakpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Bhanupratappur
Pincode	494669
Area (hectares)	646.63 hectares
Population	585
Male Population	282
Female Population	303
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,074
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 57th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 787 residents. Its 646.63 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1044.

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 13 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 2.7 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	Keoti	2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhanupratappur	8.2 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	13 km
Nearest town	Dalli Rājhara	38 km

Villages closest to Janakpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhanupratappur 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 585. That makes it the 57th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 787 residents.

Janakpur village has 282 males and 303 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janakpur has about 1074 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1044.

The pincode recorded for Janakpur is 494669. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janakpur covers 646.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Janakpur falls under Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Janakpur is Keoti, about 2.7 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 13 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janakpur is in Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Keoti is about 2.7 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 8.2 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.