About Jani Village

Jani is a small village in Herhanj tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 475, made up of 253 males and 222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 404 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jani village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Herhanj
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	404 hectares
Population	475
Male Population	253
Female Population	222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jani compares

By the 2011 count Jani is the 28th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 404 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Jani

Jani is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Jani as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Jani from other places

Jani lies about 17 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Demu, about 20 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 Jani
Tehsil headquarters	Herhanj	8.7 km
District headquarters	Latehar	17 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	17 km
Nearest railway station	Demu	20 km

Villages closest to Jani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jani village had a population of 475. That makes it the 28th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Jani village has 253 males and 222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jani has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Jani is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jani covers 404 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jani falls under Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jani is Demu, about 20 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 5 - 10 km distance for Jani.

Jani is about 17 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jani is in Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district. Herhanj is about 8.7 km away. Latehar is about 17 km away. Lātehār is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.