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About Janmahammadpur Village

Janmahammadpur is one of the larger villages in Berhampore tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,679, made up of 3,320 males and 3,359 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 456.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742304, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janmahammadpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janmahammadpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
Tehsil Berhampore
Pincode 742304
Area (hectares) 456.47 hectares
Population 6,679
Male Population 3,320
Female Population 3,359
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,012
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Janmahammadpur compares

By the 2011 count Janmahammadpur is the 10th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,723 residents. Its 456.47 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Janmahammadpur

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

Janmahammadpur lies about 33 km from Murshidabad, and the nearest railway station is Rampurhat Junction, about 21 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 Janmahammadpur
Nearest town Kāndi 16 km
Nearest railway station Rampurhat Junction 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Berhampore 30 km
District headquarters Murshidabad 33 km

Villages closest to Janmahammadpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janmahammadpur village had a population of 6,679. That makes it the 10th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,723 residents.

Janmahammadpur village has 3,320 males and 3,359 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janmahammadpur has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Janmahammadpur is 742304. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janmahammadpur covers 456.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Janmahammadpur falls under Berhampore tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Janmahammadpur is Rampurhat Junction, about 21 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Janmahammadpur.

Janmahammadpur is about 33 km from Murshidabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janmahammadpur is in Berhampore tehsil of Murshidabad district. Kāndi is about 16 km away. Rampurhat Junction is about 21 km away. Berhampore is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ajodhya Nagar (2.8 km), Hanumanta Nagar (2.8 km) and Hati Nagar (2.8 km).

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

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