About Janwad Village

Janwad is a large village in Chikodi tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,872, made up of 1,923 males and 1,949 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 759.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janwad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janwad village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Belgaum
Tehsil	Chikodi
Pincode	591216
Area (hectares)	759.79 hectares
Population	3,872
Male Population	1,923
Female Population	1,949
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Janwad compares

By the 2011 count Janwad is the 44th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 3,865 residents. Its 759.79 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Janwad

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

How far is Janwad from other places

Janwad lies about 80 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Hatkanangale, about 22 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 Janwad
Nearest town	Sadalgi	2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chikodi	18 km
Nearest railway station	Hatkanangale	22 km
District headquarters	Belgaum	80 km

Villages closest to Janwad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janwad village had a population of 3,872. That makes it the 44th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,865 residents.

Janwad village has 1,923 males and 1,949 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janwad has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Janwad is 591216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janwad covers 759.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janwad falls under Chikodi tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Janwad is Hatkanangale, about 22 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Janwad.

Janwad is about 80 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janwad is in Chikodi tehsil of Belgaum district. Sadalgi is about 2.9 km away. Chikodi is about 18 km away. Hatkanangale is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.