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About Janghar Village

Janghar is a large village in Isagarh tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,052, made up of 1,087 males and 965 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 848 hectares hectares.

Janghar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janghar village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Isagarh
Area (hectares) 848 hectares
Population 2,052
Male Population 1,087
Female Population 965
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 888
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Janghar compares

By the 2011 count Janghar is the 14th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 848 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Janghar

Janghar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Janghar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Janghar from other places

Janghar lies about 34 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Badarwas, about 28 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 Janghar
Tehsil headquarters Isagarh 8.2 km
Nearest railway station Badarwas 28 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 34 km

Villages closest to Janghar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janghar village had a population of 2,052. That makes it the 14th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Janghar village has 1,087 males and 965 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janghar has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

Janghar covers 848 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janghar falls under Isagarh tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Janghar is Badarwas, about 28 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Janghar.

Janghar is about 34 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janghar is in Isagarh tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Isagarh is about 8.2 km away. Badarwas is about 28 km away. Ashoknagar is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Theka (2.4 km), Koharwas (3.1 km) and Bhonra Isagarh (3.3 km).

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

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