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About Janakpur Village

Janakpur is a mid sized village in Mungaoli tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 770, made up of 399 males and 371 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 478 hectares hectares.

Janakpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janakpur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Mungaoli
Area (hectares) 478 hectares
Population 770
Male Population 399
Female Population 371
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 930
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 Janakpur compares

By the 2011 count Janakpur is the 101st largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 851 residents. Its 478 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Janakpur

Janakpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Janakpur 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 Janakpur from other places

Janakpur lies about 38 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Guneru Bamori, about 7.3 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 Janakpur
Nearest railway station Guneru Bamori 7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Mungaoli 12 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 38 km

Villages closest to Janakpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janakpur village had a population of 770. That makes it the 101st largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 851 residents.

Janakpur village has 399 males and 371 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janakpur has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 888.

Janakpur covers 478 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Janakpur falls under Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Janakpur is Guneru Bamori, about 7.3 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 Janakpur.

Janakpur is about 38 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janakpur is in Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Guneru Bamori is about 7.3 km away. Mungaoli is about 12 km away. Ashoknagar is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bamman Khiriya (2.1 km), Dhimcholi (2.4 km) and Ruhana (3.0 km).

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

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