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About Janapur Village

Janapur is a mid sized village in Gauriganj tehsil, in the district of Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,778, made up of 896 males and 882 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 301.94 hectares hectares.

Janapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janapur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sultanpur
Tehsil Gauriganj
Area (hectares) 301.94 hectares
Population 1,778
Male Population 896
Female Population 882
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 984
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Janapur compares

By the 2011 count Janapur is the 75th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,536 residents. Its 301.94 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Janapur

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

Janapur lies about 50 km from Sultanpur. 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 Janapur
Nearest town Jais 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Gauriganj 21 km
District headquarters Sultanpur 50 km

Villages closest to Janapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janapur village had a population of 1,778. That makes it the 75th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,536 residents.

Janapur village has 896 males and 882 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janapur has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 999.

Janapur covers 301.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janapur falls under Gauriganj tehsil of Sultanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The census record for Janapur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Janapur is about 50 km from Sultanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janapur is in Gauriganj tehsil of Sultanpur district. Jais is about 12 km away. Gauriganj is about 21 km away. Sultanpur is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kapasi (under 2 km), Dakhinwara (1.7 km) and Basantpur (2.1 km).

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

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