About Janal Village

Janal is a large village in Sunam tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,442, made up of 2,367 males and 2,075 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 573 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 148001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Sangrur
Tehsil	Sunam
Pincode	148001
Area (hectares)	573 hectares
Population	4,442
Male Population	2,367
Female Population	2,075
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Janal compares

By the 2011 count Janal is the 15th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,926 residents. Its 573 hectares work out to about 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 872.

Getting to Janal

Janal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Janal as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Janal from other places

Janal lies about 22 km from Sangrur, and the nearest railway station is Chajli, about 14 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 Janal
Nearest railway station	Chajli	14 km
Nearest town	Patran	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sunam	16 km
District headquarters	Sangrur	22 km

Villages closest to Janal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janal village had a population of 4,442. That makes it the 15th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,926 residents.

Janal village has 2,367 males and 2,075 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janal has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 872.

The pincode recorded for Janal is 148001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janal covers 573 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Janal falls under Sunam tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Janal is Chajli, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Janal.

Janal is about 22 km from Sangrur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janal is in Sunam tehsil of Sangrur district. Chajli is about 14 km away. Patran is about 16 km away. Sunam is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.