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About Junawani Village

Junawani is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,209, made up of 592 males and 617 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1024.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Junawani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Junawani village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bakavand
Pincode 494221
Area (hectares) 1024.86 hectares
Population 1,209
Male Population 592
Female Population 617
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,042
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Junawani compares

By the 2011 count Junawani is the 51st largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 1024.86 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Junawani

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

Junawani lies about 16 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Nakti Semara, about 12 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 Junawani
Nearest town Jagdalpur 11 km
Nearest railway station Nakti Semara 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Bakavand 16 km
District headquarters Bastar 16 km

Villages closest to Junawani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Junawani village had a population of 1,209. That makes it the 51st largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Junawani village has 592 males and 617 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Junawani has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Junawani is 494221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Junawani covers 1024.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Junawani falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Junawani is Nakti Semara, about 12 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Junawani.

Junawani is about 16 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Junawani is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Jagdalpur is about 11 km away. Nakti Semara is about 12 km away. Bakavand is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhodrepal (3.0 km), Ulnar (4.1 km) and Gumdel (4.4 km).

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

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