About Janum Village

Janum is a mid sized village in Angara tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 944, made up of 352 males and 592 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,682 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janum village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Angara
Pincode	835103
Area (hectares)	84 hectares
Population	944
Male Population	352
Female Population	592
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,682
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Janum compares

By the 2011 count Janum is the 47th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,375 residents. Its 84 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Janum

Janum is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Janum as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Janum from other places

Janum lies about 22 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Gangaghat, about 4.7 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 Janum
Tehsil headquarters	Angara	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Gangaghat	4.7 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	22 km

Villages closest to Janum

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janum village had a population of 944. That makes it the 47th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,375 residents.

Janum village has 352 males and 592 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janum has about 1682 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Janum is 835103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janum covers 84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Janum falls under Angara tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Janum is Gangaghat, about 4.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Janum.

Janum is about 22 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janum is in Angara tehsil of Ranchi district. Angara is about under 2 km away. Gangaghat is about 4.7 km away. Ranchi is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.