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About Janahan Village

Janahan is a small village in Padhar tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 207, made up of 117 males and 90 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 769 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janahan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Padhar
Pincode 176121
Area (hectares) 44.05 hectares
Population 207
Male Population 117
Female Population 90
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 769
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 Janahan compares

By the 2011 count Janahan is the 99th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 256 residents. Its 44.05 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Janahan

Janahan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Janahan 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 Janahan from other places

Janahan lies about 13 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 20 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 Janahan
District headquarters Mandi 13 km
Nearest railway station Buffer Stop 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Padhar 28 km

Villages closest to Janahan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janahan village had a population of 207. That makes it the 99th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 256 residents.

Janahan village has 117 males and 90 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janahan has about 769 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Janahan is 176121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janahan covers 44.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janahan falls under Padhar tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Janahan is Buffer Stop, about 20 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 Janahan.

Janahan is about 13 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janahan is in Padhar tehsil of Mandi district. Mandi is about 13 km away. Buffer Stop is about 20 km away. Padhar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhanahan (under 2 km), Badwahan (2.5 km) and Lagdhar (2.7 km).

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

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