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About Janakpur Village

Janakpur is a mid sized village in Shahabad tehsil, in the district of Rampur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,117, made up of 596 males and 521 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188.77 hectares hectares.

Janakpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janakpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Rampur
Tehsil Shahabad
Area (hectares) 188.77 hectares
Population 1,117
Male Population 596
Female Population 521
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 874
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Janakpur compares

By the 2011 count Janakpur is the 99th largest of the 181 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,660 residents. Its 188.77 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 899.

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. 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 Janakpur from other places

Janakpur lies about 37 km from Rampur, and the nearest railway station is Sirsi Mukhdampur, about 5.5 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 town Sirsi 5.2 km
Nearest railway station Sirsi Mukhdampur 5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahabad 32 km
District headquarters Rampur 37 km

Villages closest to Janakpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janakpur village had a population of 1,117. That makes it the 99th largest of the 181 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,660 residents.

Janakpur village has 596 males and 521 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janakpur has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 899.

Janakpur covers 188.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janakpur falls under Shahabad tehsil of Rampur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Janakpur is Sirsi Mukhdampur, about 5.5 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Janakpur.

Janakpur is about 37 km from Rampur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janakpur is in Shahabad tehsil of Rampur district. Sirsi is about 5.2 km away. Sirsi Mukhdampur is about 5.5 km away. Shahabad is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Husainganj Near Janakpur (under 2 km), Surajpur (4.9 km) and Doharia (9.5 km).

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

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