About Janwas Village

Janwas is a mid sized village in Kishtwar tehsil, in the district of Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,117, made up of 580 males and 537 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1578.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janwas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janwas village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kishtwar
Tehsil	Kishtwar
Pincode	182204
Area (hectares)	1578.7 hectares
Population	1,117
Male Population	580
Female Population	537
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
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 Janwas compares

By the 2011 count Janwas is the 34th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,398 residents. Its 1578.7 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Janwas

Janwas is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Janwas 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 Janwas from other places

Janwas lies about 8.4 km from Kishtwar, and the nearest railway station is Banihal, about 62 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 Janwas
Tehsil headquarters	Kishtwar	8.4 km
Nearest town	Kishtwār	8.4 km
Nearest railway station	Banihal	62 km

Villages closest to Janwas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janwas village had a population of 1,117. That makes it the 34th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,398 residents.

Janwas village has 580 males and 537 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janwas has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Janwas is 182204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janwas covers 1578.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Janwas falls under Kishtwar tehsil of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Janwas is Banihal, about 62 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 Janwas.

Janwas is about 8.4 km from Kishtwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janwas is in Kishtwar tehsil of Kishtwar district. Kishtwar is about 8.4 km away. Kishtwār is about 8.4 km away. Banihal is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.