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About Janakpur Village

Janakpur 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 707, made up of 369 males and 338 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 304.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494115, 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 Pakhanjur
Pincode 494115
Area (hectares) 304.78 hectares
Population 707
Male Population 369
Female Population 338
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 916
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 71st largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 304.78 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 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. The nearest villages by name are Jagannathpur, Jaipur, Jairam Nagar and Jaishri Nagar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Janakpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Janakpur village had a population of 707. That makes it the 71st largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Janakpur village has 369 males and 338 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janakpur has about 916 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 Janakpur is 494115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janakpur covers 304.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Janakpur notes the nearest railway station 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 in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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