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About Janipur Village

Janipur is a mid sized village in Bongaon tehsil, in the district of North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 725, made up of 389 males and 336 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743262, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janipur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District North Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Bongaon
Pincode 743262
Area (hectares) 29.61 hectares
Population 725
Male Population 389
Female Population 336
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 864
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Janipur compares

By the 2011 count Janipur is the 138th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,556 residents. Its 29.61 hectares work out to about 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Janipur

Janipur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Janipur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 14 km from North Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Habra, about under 2 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
Nearest railway station Habra under 2 km
Nearest town Hābra 1.5 km
District headquarters North Twenty Four Parganas 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Bongaon 30 km

Villages closest to Janipur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bongaon 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 725. That makes it the 138th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,556 residents.

Janipur village has 389 males and 336 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janipur has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Janipur is 743262. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janipur covers 29.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Janipur falls under Bongaon tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Janipur is Habra, about under 2 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Janipur.

Janipur is about 14 km from North Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janipur is in Bongaon tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district. Habra is about under 2 km away. Hābra is about 1.5 km away. North Twenty Four Parganas is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dakshin Bhabanipur (under 2 km), Ambarpur (7.0 km) and Kamalapur (7.0 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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