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About Janapur Village

Janapur is a mid sized village in Basavakalyan tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,107, made up of 550 males and 557 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 378.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585327, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janapur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bidar
Tehsil Basavakalyan
Pincode 585327
Area (hectares) 378.3 hectares
Population 1,107
Male Population 550
Female Population 557
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Janapur compares

By the 2011 count Janapur is the 83rd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,509 residents. Its 378.3 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Janapur

Janapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Janapur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Janapur from other places

Janapur lies about 56 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Humanabad, 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 Janapur
Tehsil headquarters Basavakalyan 5.2 km
Nearest railway station Humanabad 22 km
District headquarters Bidar 56 km

Villages closest to Janapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janapur village had a population of 1,107. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,509 residents.

Janapur village has 550 males and 557 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janapur has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Janapur is 585327. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janapur covers 378.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janapur falls under Basavakalyan tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Janapur is Humanabad, 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 village for Janapur.

Janapur is about 56 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janapur is in Basavakalyan tehsil of Bidar district. Basavakalyan is about 5.2 km away. Humanabad is about 22 km away. Bidar is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sadlapur (1.8 km), Yedlapur (1.8 km) and Betbalkunda (2.2 km).

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

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