About Janakallu Village

Janakallu is a mid sized village in Sira tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,181, made up of 614 males and 567 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 689.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janakallu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janakallu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Sira
Pincode	572115
Area (hectares)	689.61 hectares
Population	1,181
Male Population	614
Female Population	567
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Janakallu compares

By the 2011 count Janakallu is the 75th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents. Its 689.61 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Janakallu

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

Janakallu lies about 49 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Nittur, about 36 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 Janakallu
Tehsil headquarters	Sira	22 km
Nearest town	Sīra	22 km
Nearest railway station	Nittur	36 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	49 km

Villages closest to Janakallu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janakallu village had a population of 1,181. That makes it the 75th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents.

Janakallu village has 614 males and 567 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janakallu has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Janakallu is 572115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janakallu covers 689.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Janakallu falls under Sira tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Janakallu is Nittur, about 36 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 Janakallu.

Janakallu is about 49 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janakallu is in Sira tehsil of Tumkur district. Sira is about 22 km away. Sīra is about 22 km away. Nittur is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.