About Janpur Village

Janpur is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,479, made up of 747 males and 732 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 607.47 hectares hectares.

Janpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janpur village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Baihar
Area (hectares)	607.47 hectares
Population	1,479
Male Population	747
Female Population	732
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Janpur compares

By the 2011 count Janpur is the 30th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 607.47 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Janpur

Janpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Janpur as Available within 10+ 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 Janpur from other places

Janpur lies about 61 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Bamhani Banjar, about 55 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 Janpur
Nearest town	Malajkhand	5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baihar	15 km
Nearest railway station	Bamhani Banjar	55 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	61 km

Villages closest to Janpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janpur village had a population of 1,479. That makes it the 30th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Janpur village has 747 males and 732 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janpur has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Janpur covers 607.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janpur falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Janpur is Bamhani Banjar, about 55 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 village for Janpur.

Janpur is about 61 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janpur is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Malajkhand is about 5.0 km away. Baihar is about 15 km away. Bamhani Banjar is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.