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About Janwal Village

Janwal is a small village in Bhiwandi tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 482, made up of 244 males and 238 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 111 hectares hectares.

Janwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janwal village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Thane
Tehsil Bhiwandi
Area (hectares) 111 hectares
Population 482
Male Population 244
Female Population 238
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 975
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Janwal compares

By the 2011 count Janwal is the 179th largest of the 210 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 111 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Janwal

Janwal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Gundavali, Hiwali, Itade and Jambhivali Tarf Khambale. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Janwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Janwal village had a population of 482. That makes it the 179th largest of the 210 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Janwal village has 244 males and 238 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janwal has about 975 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 922.

Janwal covers 111 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janwal falls under Bhiwandi tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Janwal notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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 in Bhiwandi tehsil of Thane district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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