About Janoa Village

Janoa is a mid sized village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,544, made up of 778 males and 766 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 432.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janoa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janoa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	833201
Area (hectares)	432.94 hectares
Population	1,544
Male Population	778
Female Population	766
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985
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 Janoa compares

By the 2011 count Janoa is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 432.94 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Janoa

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

Janoa lies about 16 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Lotapahar, about 6.9 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 Janoa
Nearest railway station	Lotapahar	6.9 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	11 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	30 km

Villages closest to Janoa

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 Janoa

As per the Census of India 2011, Janoa village had a population of 1,544. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Janoa village has 778 males and 766 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janoa has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Janoa is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janoa covers 432.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Janoa is Lotapahar, about 6.9 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 Janoa.

Janoa is about 16 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janoa is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Lotapahar is about 6.9 km away. Chakradharpur is about 11 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.