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About Janetpur Village

Janetpur is a mid sized village in Dera Bassi tehsil, in the district of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 822, made up of 451 males and 371 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 823 females per 1000 males. The village covers 234 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janetpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janetpur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Tehsil Dera Bassi
Pincode 140501
Area (hectares) 234 hectares
Population 822
Male Population 451
Female Population 371
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 823
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 Janetpur compares

By the 2011 count Janetpur is the 88th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents. Its 234 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 866.

Getting to Janetpur

The census records public bus service for Janetpur 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 Janetpur from other places

Janetpur lies about 16 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Dapper, about 4.7 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 Janetpur
Tehsil headquarters Dera Bassi 4.0 km
Nearest town Basi 4.0 km
Nearest railway station Dapper 4.7 km
District headquarters Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar 16 km

Villages closest to Janetpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Bassi 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 Janetpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Janetpur village had a population of 822. That makes it the 88th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents.

Janetpur village has 451 males and 371 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janetpur has about 823 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 866.

The pincode recorded for Janetpur is 140501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janetpur covers 234 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janetpur falls under Dera Bassi tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Janetpur is Dapper, about 4.7 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 Janetpur.

Janetpur is about 16 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janetpur is in Dera Bassi tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. Dera Bassi is about 4.0 km away. Basi is about 4.0 km away. Dapper is about 4.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jawaharpur (under 2 km), Devinagar (1.7 km) and Fatehpur (2.2 km).

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

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