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About Janera Village

Janera is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 170, made up of 91 males and 79 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 156.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janera village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nurpur
Pincode 176211
Area (hectares) 156.22 hectares
Population 170
Male Population 91
Female Population 79
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Janera compares

By the 2011 count Janera is the 253rd largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 156.22 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Janera

Janera is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Janera as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Janera from other places

Janera lies about 50 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kandwal, about 6.1 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 Janera
Nearest railway station Kandwal 6.1 km
Nearest town Mamun 8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nurpur 15 km
District headquarters Kangra 50 km

Villages closest to Janera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janera village had a population of 170. That makes it the 253rd largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Janera village has 91 males and 79 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janera has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Janera is 176211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janera covers 156.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Janera falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Janera is Kandwal, about 6.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Janera.

Janera is about 50 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janera is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Kandwal is about 6.1 km away. Mamun is about 8.2 km away. Nurpur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gadwal (under 2 km), Denkwan (under 2 km) and Denkwan Khas (under 2 km).

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

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