About Janta Village

Janta is a small village in Chandil tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 298, made up of 150 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janta village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Chandil
Pincode	832404
Area (hectares)	59 hectares
Population	298
Male Population	150
Female Population	148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	987
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 Janta compares

By the 2011 count Janta is the 90th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,064 residents. Its 59 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Janta

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

Janta lies about 14 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Chandil Junction, about 14 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 Janta
Tehsil headquarters	Chandil	12 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	14 km
Nearest railway station	Chandil Junction	14 km
Nearest town	Bhetia	28 km

Villages closest to Janta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janta village had a population of 298. That makes it the 90th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,064 residents.

Janta village has 150 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janta has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Janta is 832404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janta covers 59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janta falls under Chandil tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Janta is Chandil Junction, about 14 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 Janta.

Janta is about 14 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janta is in Chandil tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Chandil is about 12 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 14 km away. Chandil Junction is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.