By population, Janwal ranks #180 of 214 villages in Bhiwandi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Janwal is a village of 482 people in 97 households (Census 2011) in Bhiwandi taluka, Thane district, Maharashtra, the 180th-largest of 214 villages in Bhiwandi taluka. Literacy is 65%, about the same as the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 975 women per 1,000 men. It lies 282 km from the Thane district centre, 16 km from Nalegaon, the nearest town, 1 km from Janwal railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 421302, served by Dandekarwadi post office; the LGD village code is 552645. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Renapur, 11 km away. The sarpanch is Chandrabhaga Kishor Patil, and the village votes in Akole assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Kiran Yamaji Lahamate. The population is estimated at 568 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Khandval →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janwal · this village | 482 | 65% | — |
| Janwal · Chakur | 6,171 | 65% | 0 km N |
| Fattunaik Tanda · Palam | 1,010 | 59% | 3.6 km NE |
| Dapkyal · Chakur | 1,293 | 65% | 4.3 km S |
| Wadwal Nagnath · Chakur | 7,841 | 71% | 5.8 km E |
| Dhaweli · Renapur | 1,500 | 66% | 6.1 km W |
| Mahalangi · Chakur | 1,899 | 61% | 6.5 km N |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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