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About Janadih Village

Janadih is a small village in Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 425, made up of 212 males and 213 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 126.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815351, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janadih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janadih village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Jamtara
Tehsil Narayanpur
Pincode 815351
Area (hectares) 126.64 hectares
Population 425
Male Population 212
Female Population 213
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,005
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 Janadih compares

By the 2011 count Janadih is the 118th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 651 residents. Its 126.64 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Janadih

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

Janadih lies about 105 km from Jamtara, and the nearest railway station is Godda, about under 2 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 Janadih
Nearest railway station Godda under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Narayanpur 26 km
District headquarters Jamtara 105 km

Villages closest to Janadih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janadih village had a population of 425. That makes it the 118th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 651 residents.

Janadih village has 212 males and 213 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janadih has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Janadih is 815351. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janadih covers 126.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janadih falls under Narayanpur tehsil of Jamtara district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Janadih is Godda, about under 2 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 Janadih.

Janadih is about 105 km from Jamtara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janadih is in Narayanpur tehsil of Jamtara district. Godda is about under 2 km away. Narayanpur is about 26 km away. Jamtara is about 105 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanadi (under 2 km), Shibpur (1.8 km) and Karmai (3.1 km).

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

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