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About Junwani Village

Junwani is a small village in Dondi tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 378, made up of 174 males and 204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,172 females per 1000 males. The village covers 252.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491228, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Junwani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Junwani village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Dondi
Pincode 491228
Area (hectares) 252.11 hectares
Population 378
Male Population 174
Female Population 204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,172
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Junwani compares

By the 2011 count Junwani is the 78th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 252.11 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1049.

Getting to Junwani

Junwani is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. 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 <5 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 64 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Kusumkasa, about 5.9 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
Nearest railway station Kusumkasa 5.9 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Dondi 20 km
District headquarters Durg 64 km

Villages closest to Junwani

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dondi 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 378. That makes it the 78th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Junwani village has 174 males and 204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Junwani has about 1172 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1049.

The pincode recorded for Junwani is 491228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Junwani covers 252.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Junwani falls under Dondi tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Junwani is Kusumkasa, about 5.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 64 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Junwani is in Dondi tehsil of Durg district. Kusumkasa is about 5.9 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 9.3 km away. Dondi is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kakrel (1.9 km), Deopandum (2.5 km) and Chipra (2.6 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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