Janaki is a rural municipality in Kailali District located in Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal.

The rural municipality was created merging the then four following VDCs: Janakinagar, Pathraiya, Durgauli, and Munuwa.

[1][2][3][4] Total area of this rural municipality is 107.27 square kilometres (41.42 sq mi) and it is divided into 9 wards.

[2][5] At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Janaki Rural Municipality had a population of 48,540.

[6] In terms of ethnicity/caste, 60.4% were Tharu, 10.1% Hill Brahmin, 9.8% Chhetri, 8.4% Kami, 3.1% Thakuri, 1.8% Damai/Dholi, 1.7% Magar, 1.3% Lohar, 0.8% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.7% Musalman, 0.7% Sarki, 0.3% other Dalit, 0.2% Badi, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Gurung, 0.1% Kumal, 0.1% Newar, 0.1% Teli, 0.1% other Terai and 0.2% others.