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About Janavali Village

Janavali is a large village in Kankavli tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,491, made up of 1,237 males and 1,254 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1233.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416602, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janavali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janavali village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sindhudurg
Tehsil Kankavli
Pincode 416602
Area (hectares) 1233.75 hectares
Population 2,491
Male Population 1,237
Female Population 1,254
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Janavali compares

By the 2011 count Janavali is the 7th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents. Its 1233.75 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Janavali

Janavali 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 Janavali as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Janavali from other places

Janavali lies about 43 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Kankavali, 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 Janavali
Tehsil headquarters Kankavli under 2 km
Nearest railway station Kankavali under 2 km
Nearest town Sāvantvādi 42 km
District headquarters Sindhudurg 43 km

Villages closest to Janavali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janavali village had a population of 2,491. That makes it the 7th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents.

Janavali village has 1,237 males and 1,254 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janavali has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Janavali is 416602. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janavali covers 1233.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janavali falls under Kankavli tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Janavali is Kankavali, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Janavali.

Janavali is about 43 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janavali is in Kankavli tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Kankavli is about under 2 km away. Kankavali is about under 2 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nehru Nagar (under 2 km), Phanas Nagar (under 2 km) and Rameshwarnagar (under 2 km).

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

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