About Janakpur Village

Janakpur is a mid sized village in Chakia tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 513, made up of 284 males and 229 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 806 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21.02 hectares hectares.

Janakpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janakpur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Chandauli
Tehsil	Chakia
Area (hectares)	21.02 hectares
Population	513
Male Population	284
Female Population	229
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	806
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Janakpur compares

By the 2011 count Janakpur is the 255th largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 784 residents. Its 21.02 hectares work out to about 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Janakpur

Janakpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Janakpur 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 Janakpur from other places

Janakpur lies about 57 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Sonbhadra, about 11 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 Janakpur
Nearest railway station	Sonbhadra	11 km
Nearest town	Robertsganj	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chakia	34 km
District headquarters	Chandauli	57 km

Villages closest to Janakpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janakpur village had a population of 513. That makes it the 255th largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 784 residents.

Janakpur village has 284 males and 229 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janakpur has about 806 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Janakpur covers 21.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Janakpur falls under Chakia tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Janakpur is Sonbhadra, about 11 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 Janakpur.

Janakpur is about 57 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janakpur is in Chakia tehsil of Chandauli district. Sonbhadra is about 11 km away. Robertsganj is about 11 km away. Chakia is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.