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About Janian Chahal Village

Janian Chahal is a small village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 177, made up of 95 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144003, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janian Chahal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janian Chahal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Shahkot
Pincode 144003
Area (hectares) 78.4 hectares
Population 177
Male Population 95
Female Population 82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 863
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Janian Chahal compares

By the 2011 count Janian Chahal is the 160th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 78.4 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Janian Chahal

Janian Chahal is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Janian Chahal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Janian Chahal from other places

Janian Chahal lies about 38 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Mulewal Khaira, about 2.0 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 Janian Chahal
Nearest railway station Mulewal Khaira 2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahkot 5.4 km
Nearest town Nakodar 19 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 38 km

Villages closest to Janian Chahal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shahkot 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 Janian Chahal

As per the Census of India 2011, Janian Chahal village had a population of 177. That makes it the 160th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Janian Chahal village has 95 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janian Chahal has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Janian Chahal is 144003. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janian Chahal covers 78.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janian Chahal falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Janian Chahal is Mulewal Khaira, about 2.0 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Janian Chahal.

Janian Chahal is about 38 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janian Chahal is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Mulewal Khaira is about 2.0 km away. Shahkot is about 5.4 km away. Nakodar is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Janian (under 2 km), Kohar Kalan (under 2 km) and Lasuri (under 2 km).

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

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