About Janko Village

Janko is a mid sized village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 924, made up of 456 males and 468 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 562 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janko Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janko village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	562 hectares
Population	924
Male Population	456
Female Population	468
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
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 Janko compares

By the 2011 count Janko is the 18th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 562 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, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Janko

Janko is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Janko 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 Janko from other places

Janko lies about 24 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Sonua, about 16 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 Janko
Nearest railway station	Sonua	16 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	21 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	24 km

Villages closest to Janko

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janko village had a population of 924. That makes it the 18th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Janko village has 456 males and 468 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janko has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Janko is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janko covers 562 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.

Janko falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Janko is Sonua, about 16 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 Janko.

Janko is about 24 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janko is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Sonua is about 16 km away. Chakradharpur is about 18 km away. Bandgaon is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.