About Janamdih Village

Janamdih is a small village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 157, made up of 74 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,122 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janamdih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janamdih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Gopikandar
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	98.85 hectares
Population	157
Male Population	74
Female Population	83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,122
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 Janamdih compares

By the 2011 count Janamdih is the 94th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 98.85 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 1013.

Getting to Janamdih

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

Janamdih lies about 34 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 23 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 Janamdih
Tehsil headquarters	Gopikandar	4.1 km
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	23 km
District headquarters	Dumka	34 km

Villages closest to Janamdih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janamdih village had a population of 157. That makes it the 94th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Janamdih village has 74 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janamdih has about 1122 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Janamdih is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janamdih covers 98.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Janamdih falls under Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Janamdih is Harinsing, about 23 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 Janamdih.

Janamdih is about 34 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janamdih is in Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. Gopikandar is about 4.1 km away. Harinsing is about 23 km away. Dumka is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.