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About Janakipettai Village

Janakipettai is a mid sized village in Tindivanam tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 640, made up of 323 males and 317 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janakipettai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janakipettai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Viluppuram
Tehsil Tindivanam
Pincode 604001
Area (hectares) 106.26 hectares
Population 640
Male Population 323
Female Population 317
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 981
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10 km distance

How Janakipettai compares

By the 2011 count Janakipettai is the 166th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents. Its 106.26 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Janakipettai

Janakipettai 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 Janakipettai as Available within village. 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 Janakipettai from other places

Janakipettai lies about 39 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Panchalam, about 7.8 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 Janakipettai
Tehsil headquarters Tindivanam 7.8 km
Nearest railway station Panchalam 7.8 km
District headquarters Viluppuram 39 km

Villages closest to Janakipettai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janakipettai village had a population of 640. That makes it the 166th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents.

Janakipettai village has 323 males and 317 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janakipettai has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Janakipettai is 604001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janakipettai covers 106.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Janakipettai falls under Tindivanam tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Janakipettai is Panchalam, about 7.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Janakipettai.

Janakipettai is about 39 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janakipettai is in Tindivanam tehsil of Viluppuram district. Tindivanam is about 7.8 km away. Panchalam is about 7.8 km away. Viluppuram is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Elavalapakkam (under 2 km), Kattalai (under 2 km) and Perumukkal (1.6 km).

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

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