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About Janakpur Village

Janakpur is a small village in Mejhia tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 455, made up of 225 males and 230 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722143, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janakpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janakpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Mejhia
Pincode 722143
Area (hectares) 71 hectares
Population 455
Male Population 225
Female Population 230
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,022
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Janakpur compares

By the 2011 count Janakpur is the 53rd largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,197 residents. Its 71 hectares work out to about 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Janakpur

Janakpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Janakpur 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Gopalpur, Ikra, Indara and Jalanpur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 455. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,197 residents.

Janakpur village has 225 males and 230 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janakpur has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Janakpur is 722143. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janakpur covers 71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Janakpur falls under Mejhia tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The census record for Janakpur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Janakpur.

Janakpur is in Mejhia tehsil of Bankura district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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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