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About Janipur Village

Janipur is a small village in Behat tehsil, in the district of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 341, made up of 170 males and 171 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 247129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janipur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Saharanpur
Tehsil Behat
Pincode 247129
Area (hectares) 218.64 hectares
Population 341
Male Population 170
Female Population 171
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Janipur compares

By the 2011 count Janipur is the 229th largest of the 260 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,853 residents. Its 218.64 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 895.

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 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 28 km from Saharanpur, and the nearest railway station is Baliakheri, about 27 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 Behat 13 km
Nearest railway station Baliakheri 27 km
Nearest town Clement Town 28 km
District headquarters Saharanpur 28 km

Villages closest to Janipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janipur village had a population of 341. That makes it the 229th largest of the 260 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,853 residents.

Janipur village has 170 males and 171 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janipur has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 895.

The pincode recorded for Janipur is 247129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janipur covers 218.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Janipur falls under Behat tehsil of Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Janipur is Baliakheri, about 27 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Janipur.

Janipur is about 28 km from Saharanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janipur is in Behat tehsil of Saharanpur district. Behat is about 13 km away. Baliakheri is about 27 km away. Clement Town is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hamirpur (under 2 km), Ibrahimpur Must (under 2 km) and Raheempur (under 2 km).

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

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