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About Janghai Village

Janghai is one of the larger villages in Handia tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,781, made up of 3,560 males and 3,221 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 266.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 212401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janghai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janghai village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Handia
Pincode 212401
Area (hectares) 266.87 hectares
Population 6,781
Male Population 3,560
Female Population 3,221
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 905
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Janghai compares

By the 2011 count Janghai is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents. Its 266.87 hectares work out to about 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Janghai

Janghai 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 Janghai 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Janghai from other places

Janghai lies about 48 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Janghai Junction, 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 Janghai
Nearest railway station Janghai Junction under 2 km
Nearest town Machhlīshahr 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Handia 23 km
District headquarters Allahabad 48 km

Villages closest to Janghai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janghai village had a population of 6,781. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents.

Janghai village has 3,560 males and 3,221 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janghai has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Janghai is 212401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janghai covers 266.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Janghai falls under Handia tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Janghai is Janghai Junction, about under 2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Janghai.

Janghai is about 48 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janghai is in Handia tehsil of Allahabad district. Janghai Junction is about under 2 km away. Machhlīshahr is about 19 km away. Handia is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pilakhini (2.0 km), Patwa Mutfarka (2.5 km) and Jhari (3.0 km).

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

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