Skip to main content

About Janaga Village

Janaga is a mid sized village in Haliyal tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,426, made up of 713 males and 713 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 506.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581329, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janaga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janaga village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Haliyal
Pincode 581329
Area (hectares) 506.4 hectares
Population 1,426
Male Population 713
Female Population 713
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Janaga compares

By the 2011 count Janaga is the 20th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 834 residents. Its 506.4 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Janaga

Janaga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Janaga as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Janaga from other places

Janaga lies about 71 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Shingatgere, 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 Janaga
Tehsil headquarters Haliyal 13 km
Nearest railway station Shingatgere 22 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 71 km

Villages closest to Janaga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janaga village had a population of 1,426. That makes it the 20th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 834 residents.

Janaga village has 713 males and 713 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janaga has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Janaga is 581329. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janaga covers 506.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janaga falls under Haliyal tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Janaga is Shingatgere, 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Janaga.

Janaga is about 71 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janaga is in Haliyal tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Haliyal is about 13 km away. Shingatgere is about 22 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 71 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nandigadda (under 2 km), Basawalli (1.5 km) and Khurd Kanchanalli (2.7 km).

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

Our Blogs Blogs

Explore the beauty of india and villages of india with our blog.

See All