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About Janiyana Village

Janiyana is a mid sized village in Pachpadra tehsil, in the district of Barmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,357, made up of 702 males and 655 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1614 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 344022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janiyana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janiyana village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Barmer
Tehsil Pachpadra
Pincode 344022
Area (hectares) 1614 hectares
Population 1,357
Male Population 702
Female Population 655
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 933
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Janiyana compares

By the 2011 count Janiyana is the 69th largest of the 276 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,261 residents. Its 1614 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Janiyana

Janiyana is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Janiyana 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Janiyana from other places

Janiyana lies about 96 km from Barmer, and the nearest railway station is Janiyana, about under 2 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 Janiyana
Nearest railway station Janiyana under 2 km
Nearest town Balotra 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Pachpadra 14 km
District headquarters Barmer 96 km

Villages closest to Janiyana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janiyana village had a population of 1,357. That makes it the 69th largest of the 276 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,261 residents.

Janiyana village has 702 males and 655 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janiyana has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 917.

The pincode recorded for Janiyana is 344022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janiyana covers 1614 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Janiyana falls under Pachpadra tehsil of Barmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Janiyana is Janiyana, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Janiyana.

Janiyana is about 96 km from Barmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janiyana is in Pachpadra tehsil of Barmer district. Janiyana is about under 2 km away. Balotra is about 10 km away. Pachpadra is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hotloo (2.4 km), Sarana (3.1 km) and Bithooja (4.1 km).

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

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