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About Janthikolalu Village

Janthikolalu is a mid sized village in Hosdurga tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 663, made up of 328 males and 335 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 582.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janthikolalu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janthikolalu village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chitradurga
Tehsil Hosdurga
Pincode 577554
Area (hectares) 582.06 hectares
Population 663
Male Population 328
Female Population 335
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,021
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Janthikolalu compares

By the 2011 count Janthikolalu is the 112th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents. Its 582.06 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Janthikolalu

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

Janthikolalu lies about 45 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Hosadurga Road, about 8.4 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 Janthikolalu
Nearest railway station Hosadurga Road 8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Hosdurga 11 km
Nearest town Hosadurga 11 km
District headquarters Chitradurga 45 km

Villages closest to Janthikolalu

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.

Common questions about Janthikolalu

As per the Census of India 2011, Janthikolalu village had a population of 663. That makes it the 112th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents.

Janthikolalu village has 328 males and 335 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janthikolalu has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Janthikolalu is 577554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janthikolalu covers 582.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Janthikolalu falls under Hosdurga tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Janthikolalu is Hosadurga Road, about 8.4 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 Janthikolalu.

Janthikolalu is about 45 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janthikolalu is in Hosdurga tehsil of Chitradurga district. Hosadurga Road is about 8.4 km away. Hosdurga is about 11 km away. Hosadurga is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kondapura (under 2 km), Krishnapura (1.6 km) and Guthikatte (1.7 km).

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

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