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About Janwas Village

Janwas is a mid sized village in Jayal tehsil, in the district of Nagaur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 748, made up of 396 males and 352 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 667.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 341023, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janwas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janwas village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Nagaur
Tehsil Jayal
Pincode 341023
Area (hectares) 667.84 hectares
Population 748
Male Population 396
Female Population 352
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Janwas compares

By the 2011 count Janwas is the 102nd largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,941 residents. Its 667.84 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Janwas

Janwas is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Janwas as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Janwas from other places

Janwas lies about 49 km from Nagaur, and the nearest railway station is Choti Khatu, about 17 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 Janwas
Tehsil headquarters Jayal 5.4 km
Nearest railway station Choti Khatu 17 km
Nearest town Dīdwāna 38 km
District headquarters Nagaur 49 km

Villages closest to Janwas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janwas village had a population of 748. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,941 residents.

Janwas village has 396 males and 352 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janwas has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Janwas is 341023. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janwas covers 667.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Janwas falls under Jayal tehsil of Nagaur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Janwas is Choti Khatu, about 17 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 5 - 10 km distance for Janwas.

Janwas is about 49 km from Nagaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janwas is in Jayal tehsil of Nagaur district. Jayal is about 5.4 km away. Choti Khatu is about 17 km away. Dīdwāna is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Janewa (under 2 km), Jakhan (under 2 km) and Gujariyawas (3.8 km).

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

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