About Jankapur Village

Jankapur is a small village in Sawali tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 473, made up of 232 males and 241 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 694.91 hectares hectares.

Jankapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jankapur village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Chandrapur
Tehsil	Sawali
Area (hectares)	694.91 hectares
Population	473
Male Population	232
Female Population	241
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,039
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jankapur compares

By the 2011 count Jankapur is the 70th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,148 residents. Its 694.91 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Jankapur

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

Jankapur lies about 119 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Ambari(Deccan), about 25 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 Jankapur
Tehsil headquarters	Sawali	6.8 km
Nearest railway station	Ambari(Deccan)	25 km
Nearest town	Ghātanji	31 km
District headquarters	Chandrapur	119 km

Villages closest to Jankapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jankapur village had a population of 473. That makes it the 70th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,148 residents.

Jankapur village has 232 males and 241 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jankapur has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

Jankapur covers 694.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jankapur falls under Sawali tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Jankapur is Ambari(Deccan), about 25 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 10+ km distance for Jankapur.

Jankapur is about 119 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jankapur is in Sawali tehsil of Chandrapur district. Sawali is about 6.8 km away. Ambari(Deccan) is about 25 km away. Ghātanji is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.