About Jani Village

Jani is a small village in Litipara tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 85, made up of 41 males and 44 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,073 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jani village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Litipara
Pincode	816102
Area (hectares)	135.9 hectares
Population	85
Male Population	41
Female Population	44
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,073
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 Jani compares

By the 2011 count Jani is the 215th largest of the 258 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 384 residents. Its 135.9 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1048.

Getting to Jani

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

Jani lies about 36 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Barharwa Junction, about 30 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	Litipara	12 km
Nearest railway station	Barharwa Junction	30 km
Nearest town	Godda	31 km
District headquarters	Pakur	36 km

Villages closest to Jani

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Litipara 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 85. That makes it the 215th largest of the 258 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 384 residents.

Jani village has 41 males and 44 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jani has about 1073 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1048.

The pincode recorded for Jani is 816102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jani covers 135.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jani falls under Litipara tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jani is Barharwa Junction, about 30 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 Jani.

Jani is about 36 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jani is in Litipara tehsil of Pakur district. Litipara is about 12 km away. Barharwa Junction is about 30 km away. Godda is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.