Skip to main content

About Janakpur Village

Janakpur is a mid sized village in Baraily tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 730, made up of 379 males and 351 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 306.6 hectares hectares.

Janakpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janakpur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Baraily
Area (hectares) 306.6 hectares
Population 730
Male Population 379
Female Population 351
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 926
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Janakpur compares

By the 2011 count Janakpur is the 56th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 975 residents. Its 306.6 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 895.

Getting to Janakpur

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

Janakpur lies about 57 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Pipariya, about 32 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
Tehsil headquarters Baraily 1.9 km
Nearest town Bareli 1.9 km
Nearest railway station Pipariya 32 km
District headquarters Raisen 57 km

Villages closest to Janakpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baraily 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 730. That makes it the 56th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 975 residents.

Janakpur village has 379 males and 351 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janakpur has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 895.

Janakpur covers 306.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janakpur falls under Baraily tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Janakpur is Pipariya, about 32 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Janakpur.

Janakpur is about 57 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janakpur is in Baraily tehsil of Raisen district. Baraily is about 1.9 km away. Bareli is about 1.9 km away. Pipariya is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kamton (under 2 km), Surmapar (2.7 km) and Khapariya Khurd (2.8 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.

Our Blogs Blogs

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