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About Janki Nagar Village

Janki Nagar is a mid sized village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,268, made up of 666 males and 602 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 334 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janki Nagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janki Nagar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Pakhanjur
Pincode 495445
Area (hectares) 334 hectares
Population 1,268
Male Population 666
Female Population 602
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 904
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Janki Nagar compares

By the 2011 count Janki Nagar is the 21st largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 334 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 973.

Getting to Janki Nagar

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

Janki Nagar lies about 65 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 49 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 Janki Nagar
Tehsil headquarters Pakhanjur 7.8 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 49 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 65 km
Nearest town Nārāinpur 66 km

Villages closest to Janki Nagar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pakhanjur 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 Janki Nagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Janki Nagar village had a population of 1,268. That makes it the 21st largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Janki Nagar village has 666 males and 602 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janki Nagar has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Janki Nagar is 495445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janki Nagar covers 334 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janki Nagar falls under Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Janki Nagar is Antagarh, about 49 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 10+ km distance for Janki Nagar.

Janki Nagar is about 65 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.

Janki Nagar is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 7.8 km away. Antagarh is about 49 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 65 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Achin Nagar (under 2 km), Ashok Nagar (under 2 km) and Bapu Nagar (under 2 km).

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

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