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About Japi Village

Japi is a large village in Dhule tehsil, in the district of Dhule, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,790, made up of 1,441 males and 1,349 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 773.78 hectares hectares.

Japi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Japi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Dhule
Tehsil Dhule
Area (hectares) 773.78 hectares
Population 2,790
Male Population 1,441
Female Population 1,349
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 936
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Japi compares

By the 2011 count Japi is the 58th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,614 residents. Its 773.78 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Japi

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

Japi lies about 10 km from Dhule. 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 Japi
Tehsil headquarters Dhule 10 km

Villages closest to Japi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Japi village had a population of 2,790. That makes it the 58th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,614 residents.

Japi village has 1,441 males and 1,349 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Japi has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 927.

Japi covers 773.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Japi falls under Dhule tehsil of Dhule district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Japi notes the nearest railway station 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 Japi.

Japi is about 10 km from Dhule in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Japi is in Dhule tehsil of Dhule district. Dhule is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shirdhane Pr Dangari (under 2 km), Wadgaon (2.6 km) and Nimkhedi (3.1 km).

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

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