About Janipur Village

Janipur is a large village in Bansgaon tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,937, made up of 1,444 males and 1,493 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 196.68 hectares hectares.

Janipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janipur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Bansgaon
Area (hectares)	196.68 hectares
Population	2,937
Male Population	1,444
Female Population	1,493
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,034
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 Janipur compares

By the 2011 count Janipur is the 26th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 932 residents. Its 196.68 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Janipur

Janipur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Janipur 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 Janipur from other places

Janipur lies about 35 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Dohrighat, about 25 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 Janipur
Tehsil headquarters	Bansgaon	11 km
Nearest town	Chillupār	23 km
Nearest railway station	Dohrighat	25 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	35 km

Villages closest to Janipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janipur village had a population of 2,937. That makes it the 26th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 932 residents.

Janipur village has 1,444 males and 1,493 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janipur has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

Janipur covers 196.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Janipur falls under Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Janipur is Dohrighat, about 25 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 Janipur.

Janipur is about 35 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janipur is in Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Bansgaon is about 11 km away. Chillupār is about 23 km away. Dohrighat is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.