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About Janial Village

Janial is a large village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,753, made up of 1,443 males and 1,310 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 264 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 145027, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janial Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janial village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Pathankot
Pincode 145027
Area (hectares) 264 hectares
Population 2,753
Male Population 1,443
Female Population 1,310
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 908
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Janial compares

By the 2011 count Janial is the 17th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 264 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Janial

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

Janial lies about 32 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Budhi, about 13 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 Janial
Nearest town Kathua 12 km
Nearest railway station Budhi 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Pathankot 24 km
District headquarters Gurdaspur 32 km

Villages closest to Janial

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janial village had a population of 2,753. That makes it the 17th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Janial village has 1,443 males and 1,310 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janial has about 908 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 Janial is 145027. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janial covers 264 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Janial falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Janial is Budhi, about 13 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 Janial.

Janial is about 32 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janial is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Kathua is about 12 km away. Budhi is about 13 km away. Pathankot is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhakhri (under 2 km), Samrala (1.5 km) and Chak Amir (1.8 km).

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

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