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About Janakpur Village

Janakpur is a small village in Datia tehsil, in the district of Datia, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 154, made up of 83 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 344.37 hectares hectares.

Janakpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janakpur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Datia
Tehsil Datia
Area (hectares) 344.37 hectares
Population 154
Male Population 83
Female Population 71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 855
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 227th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents. Its 344.37 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 877.

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 9.7 km from Datia. 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
Tehsil headquarters Datia 9.7 km

Villages closest to Janakpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Datia 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 154. That makes it the 227th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents.

Janakpur village has 83 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janakpur has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 877.

Janakpur covers 344.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Janakpur falls under Datia tehsil of Datia district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Janakpur notes the nearest railway station 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 9.7 km from Datia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janakpur is in Datia tehsil of Datia district. Datia is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ikara (under 2 km), Govindgarh (under 2 km) and Syari (2.3 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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