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About Janhun Village

Janhun is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 154, made up of 83 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 161.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janhun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janhun village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nurpur
Pincode 176202
Area (hectares) 161.32 hectares
Population 154
Male Population 83
Female Population 71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 855
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Janhun compares

By the 2011 count Janhun is the 263rd largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 161.32 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 Janhun

Janhun is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Janhun as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Janhun from other places

Janhun lies about 38 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Talara, about 4.2 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 Janhun
Nearest railway station Talara 4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nurpur 4.7 km
Nearest town Mamun 21 km
District headquarters Kangra 38 km

Villages closest to Janhun

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 Janhun

As per the Census of India 2011, Janhun village had a population of 154. That makes it the 263rd largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Janhun village has 83 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janhun has about 855 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 Janhun is 176202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janhun covers 161.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Janhun is Talara, about 4.2 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Janhun.

Janhun is about 38 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janhun is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Talara is about 4.2 km away. Nurpur is about 4.7 km away. Mamun is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khairian Khas (under 2 km), Sanjor (under 2 km) and Sahni (under 2 km).

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

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