About Janu Village

Janu is a large village in Bashohli tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,217, made up of 1,170 males and 1,047 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 745 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janu village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Bashohli
Pincode	184201
Area (hectares)	745 hectares
Population	2,217
Male Population	1,170
Female Population	1,047
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Janu compares

By the 2011 count Janu is the 11th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,720 residents. Its 745 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 902.

Getting to Janu

Janu is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Janu as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Janu from other places

Janu lies about 39 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Madhopur Punjab, about 35 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 Janu
Tehsil headquarters	Bashohli	12 km
Nearest town	Chamba	28 km
Nearest railway station	Madhopur Punjab	35 km
District headquarters	Kathua	39 km

Villages closest to Janu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janu village had a population of 2,217. That makes it the 11th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,720 residents.

Janu village has 1,170 males and 1,047 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janu has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 902.

The pincode recorded for Janu is 184201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janu covers 745 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janu falls under Bashohli tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Janu is Madhopur Punjab, about 35 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Janu.

Janu is about 39 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janu is in Bashohli tehsil of Kathua district. Bashohli is about 12 km away. Chamba is about 28 km away. Madhopur Punjab is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.