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About Junwani Village

Junwani is a small village in Nagri tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 259, made up of 120 males and 139 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,158 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493778, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Junwani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Junwani village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dhamtari
Tehsil Nagri
Pincode 493778
Area (hectares) 73.83 hectares
Population 259
Male Population 120
Female Population 139
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,158
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 the 184th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 687 residents. Its 73.83 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

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 53 km from Dhamtari. 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 Nagri 13 km
Nearest town Kānker 36 km
District headquarters Dhamtari 53 km

Villages closest to Junwani

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nagri 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 259. That makes it the 184th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 687 residents.

Junwani village has 120 males and 139 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Junwani has about 1158 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Junwani is 493778. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Junwani covers 73.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Junwani falls under Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Junwani notes the nearest railway station 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 53 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Junwani is in Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district. Nagri is about 13 km away. Kānker is about 36 km away. Dhamtari is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bem (under 2 km), Bem Ryt (under 2 km) and Kongera (1.9 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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