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About Janamdi Village

Janamdi is a mid sized village in Potka tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,040, made up of 531 males and 509 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 468.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 831002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janamdi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janamdi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Potka
Pincode 831002
Area (hectares) 468.7 hectares
Population 1,040
Male Population 531
Female Population 509
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 959
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 Janamdi compares

By the 2011 count Janamdi is the 54th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 675 residents. Its 468.7 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Janamdi

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

Janamdi lies about 58 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Haludpukur, about 17 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 Janamdi
Nearest town Gobindpur 9.5 km
Nearest railway station Haludpukur 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Potka 20 km
District headquarters Purbi Singhbhum 58 km

Villages closest to Janamdi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janamdi village had a population of 1,040. That makes it the 54th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 675 residents.

Janamdi village has 531 males and 509 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janamdi has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Janamdi is 831002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janamdi covers 468.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janamdi falls under Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Janamdi is Haludpukur, about 17 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 Janamdi.

Janamdi is about 58 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janamdi is in Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Gobindpur is about 9.5 km away. Haludpukur is about 17 km away. Potka is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Manhara (2.6 km), Pukhuriya (3.0 km) and Hatnabera (3.4 km).

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

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