About Janwal Village

Janwal is one of the larger villages in Chakur tehsil, in the district of Latur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,171, made up of 3,239 males and 2,932 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3108 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 413529, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janwal village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Latur
Tehsil	Chakur
Pincode	413529
Area (hectares)	3108 hectares
Population	6,171
Male Population	3,239
Female Population	2,932
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	905
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Janwal compares

By the 2011 count Janwal is the 5th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,162 residents. Its 3108 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Janwal

Janwal is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Janwal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Janwal from other places

Janwal lies about 26 km from Latur, and the nearest railway station is Janwal, about under 2 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 Janwal
Nearest railway station	Janwal	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chakur	14 km
District headquarters	Latur	26 km

Villages closest to Janwal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janwal village had a population of 6,171. That makes it the 5th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,162 residents.

Janwal village has 3,239 males and 2,932 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janwal has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Janwal is 413529. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janwal covers 3108 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Janwal falls under Chakur tehsil of Latur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Janwal is Janwal, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Janwal.

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

Janwal is in Chakur tehsil of Latur district. Janwal is about under 2 km away. Chakur is about 14 km away. Latur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.