About Janakal Village

Janakal is one of the larger villages in Hosdurga tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,358, made up of 2,644 males and 2,714 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2207.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janakal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janakal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Hosdurga
Pincode	577527
Area (hectares)	2207.88 hectares
Population	5,358
Male Population	2,644
Female Population	2,714
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Janakal compares

By the 2011 count Janakal is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents. Its 2207.88 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Janakal

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

Janakal lies about 36 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Arabaghatta, about 19 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 Janakal
Tehsil headquarters	Hosdurga	13 km
Nearest town	Hosadurga	13 km
Nearest railway station	Arabaghatta	19 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	36 km

Villages closest to Janakal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janakal village had a population of 5,358. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents.

Janakal village has 2,644 males and 2,714 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janakal has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Janakal is 577527. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janakal covers 2207.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janakal falls under Hosdurga tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Janakal is Arabaghatta, about 19 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 Janakal.

Janakal is about 36 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janakal is in Hosdurga tehsil of Chitradurga district. Hosdurga is about 13 km away. Hosadurga is about 13 km away. Arabaghatta is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.