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About Janihan Village

Janihan is a small village in Bhadrota tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 213, made up of 102 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,088 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175049, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janihan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janihan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Bhadrota
Pincode 175049
Area (hectares) 139.48 hectares
Population 213
Male Population 102
Female Population 111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,088
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Janihan compares

By the 2011 count Janihan is the 49th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 234 residents. Its 139.48 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Janihan

Janihan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Janihan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Janihan from other places

Janihan lies about 38 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 36 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 Janihan
Nearest town Sundarnagar 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhadrota 35 km
Nearest railway station Kiratpur Sahib 36 km
District headquarters Mandi 38 km

Villages closest to Janihan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janihan village had a population of 213. That makes it the 49th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 234 residents.

Janihan village has 102 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janihan has about 1088 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Janihan is 175049. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janihan covers 139.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Janihan falls under Bhadrota tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Janihan is Kiratpur Sahib, about 36 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 <5 km distance for Janihan.

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

Janihan is in Bhadrota tehsil of Mandi district. Sundarnagar is about 18 km away. Bhadrota is about 35 km away. Kiratpur Sahib is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gahar (4.9 km), Bhadroi (11 km) and Beri (11 km).

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

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