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About Junwani Village

Junwani is a small village in Mungeli tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 24, made up of 13 males and 11 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Junwani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Junwani village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Mungeli
Pincode 495334
Area (hectares) 66.47 hectares
Population 24
Male Population 13
Female Population 11
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 846
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Junwani compares

By the 2011 count Junwani is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 830 residents. Its 66.47 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Junwani

Junwani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Junwani as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Junwani from other places

Junwani lies about 65 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Bhatapara, about 52 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 Junwani
Tehsil headquarters Mungeli 17 km
Nearest railway station Bhatapara 52 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 65 km

Villages closest to Junwani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Junwani village had a population of 24. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 830 residents.

Junwani village has 13 males and 11 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Junwani has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Junwani is 495334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Junwani covers 66.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Junwani falls under Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Junwani is Bhatapara, about 52 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 <5 km distance for Junwani.

Junwani is about 65 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Junwani is in Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district. Mungeli is about 17 km away. Bhatapara is about 52 km away. Bilaspur is about 65 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Achankpur (under 2 km), Thenga (under 2 km) and Dullapur (under 2 km).

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

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