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About Janawa Village

Janawa is a mid sized village in Arjuni Morgaon tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,057, made up of 526 males and 531 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 354.01 hectares hectares.

Janawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janawa village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Gondiya
Tehsil Arjuni Morgaon
Area (hectares) 354.01 hectares
Population 1,057
Male Population 526
Female Population 531
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,010
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Janawa compares

By the 2011 count Janawa is the 50th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,131 residents. Its 354.01 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Janawa

Janawa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Janawa 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Janawa from other places

Janawa lies about 26 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Amgaon, about 18 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 Janawa
Nearest railway station Amgaon 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Arjuni Morgaon 26 km
District headquarters Gondiya 26 km
Nearest town Gondiā 26 km

Villages closest to Janawa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Arjuni Morgaon 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 Janawa

As per the Census of India 2011, Janawa village had a population of 1,057. That makes it the 50th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,131 residents.

Janawa village has 526 males and 531 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janawa has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

Janawa covers 354.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janawa falls under Arjuni Morgaon tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Janawa is Amgaon, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Janawa.

Janawa is about 26 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janawa is in Arjuni Morgaon tehsil of Gondiya district. Amgaon is about 18 km away. Arjuni Morgaon is about 26 km away. Gondiya is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gawarra (under 2 km), Kawatha (under 2 km) and Bori (2.5 km).

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

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