About Janen Village

Janen is a small village in Dhatwal tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 335, made up of 158 males and 177 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,120 females per 1000 males. The village covers 145.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176042, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janen Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janen village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Dhatwal
Pincode	176042
Area (hectares)	145.54 hectares
Population	335
Male Population	158
Female Population	177
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,120
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Janen compares

By the 2011 count Janen is the 33rd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 299 residents. Its 145.54 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1186.

Getting to Janen

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

Janen lies about 27 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 41 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 Janen
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	14 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhatwal	29 km
Nearest railway station	Buffer Stop	41 km

Villages closest to Janen

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhatwal 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 Janen

As per the Census of India 2011, Janen village had a population of 335. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 299 residents.

Janen village has 158 males and 177 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janen has about 1120 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1186.

The pincode recorded for Janen is 176042. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janen covers 145.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janen falls under Dhatwal tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Janen is Buffer Stop, about 41 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Janen.

Janen is about 27 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janen is in Dhatwal tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sundarnagar is about 14 km away. Hamirpur is about 27 km away. Dhatwal is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.