About Janaka Village

Janaka is a large village in Balichandrapur tehsil, in the district of Jajapur, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,109, made up of 1,092 males and 1,017 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 260 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 755005, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janaka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janaka village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Jajapur
Tehsil	Balichandrapur
Pincode	755005
Area (hectares)	260 hectares
Population	2,109
Male Population	1,092
Female Population	1,017
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	931
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Janaka compares

By the 2011 count Janaka is the 12th largest of the 36 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,903 residents. Its 260 hectares work out to about 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Janaka

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

Janaka lies about 25 km from Jajapur, and the nearest railway station is Haridaspur, about 6.1 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 Janaka
Nearest railway station	Haridaspur	6.1 km
Nearest town	Byasanagar	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balichandrapur	25 km
District headquarters	Jajapur	25 km

Villages closest to Janaka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janaka village had a population of 2,109. That makes it the 12th largest of the 36 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,903 residents.

Janaka village has 1,092 males and 1,017 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janaka has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Janaka is 755005. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janaka covers 260 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Janaka falls under Balichandrapur tehsil of Jajapur district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Janaka is Haridaspur, about 6.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Janaka.

Janaka is about 25 km from Jajapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janaka is in Balichandrapur tehsil of Jajapur district. Haridaspur is about 6.1 km away. Byasanagar is about 21 km away. Balichandrapur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.