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About Janian Village

Janian is a small village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 272, made up of 148 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janian village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Shahkot
Pincode 144702
Area (hectares) 74 hectares
Population 272
Male Population 148
Female Population 124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 838
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Janian compares

By the 2011 count Janian is the 153rd largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 74 hectares work out to about 3.7 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

The census records public bus service for Janian as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Janian from other places

Janian 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
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

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janian village had a population of 272. That makes it the 153rd largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Janian village has 148 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janian has about 838 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 is 144702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janian covers 74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janian falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Janian is Mulewal Khaira, about 2.0 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Janian.

Janian 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 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 Chahal (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 today is likely to be higher.

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