About Janawal Village

Janawal is a mid sized village in Chainpur tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 872, made up of 453 males and 419 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 763 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janawal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janawal village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Chainpur
Pincode	835206
Area (hectares)	763 hectares
Population	872
Male Population	453
Female Population	419
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Janawal compares

By the 2011 count Janawal is the 17th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 682 residents. Its 763 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Janawal

Janawal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Janawal as Available within 5 - 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 Janawal from other places

Janawal lies about 115 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Chianki, about 7.0 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 Janawal
Tehsil headquarters	Chainpur	5.1 km
Nearest railway station	Chianki	7.0 km
Nearest town	Medininagar	8.4 km
District headquarters	Gumla	115 km

Villages closest to Janawal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janawal village had a population of 872. That makes it the 17th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 682 residents.

Janawal village has 453 males and 419 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janawal has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Janawal is 835206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janawal covers 763 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Janawal falls under Chainpur tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Janawal is Chianki, about 7.0 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Janawal.

Janawal is about 115 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janawal is in Chainpur tehsil of Gumla district. Chainpur is about 5.1 km away. Chianki is about 7.0 km away. Medininagar is about 8.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.