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About Junwani Village

Junwani is a mid sized village in Gunderdehi tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 814, made up of 399 males and 415 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493445, 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 Gunderdehi
Pincode 493445
Area (hectares) 227.71 hectares
Population 814
Male Population 399
Female Population 415
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,040
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Junwani compares

By the 2011 count Junwani is the 101st largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents. Its 227.71 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

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 village. 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 37 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Sikosa, about under 2 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 Sikosa under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Gunderdehi 9.3 km
Nearest town Balod 17 km
District headquarters Durg 37 km

Villages closest to Junwani

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gunderdehi 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 814. That makes it the 101st largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents.

Junwani village has 399 males and 415 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Junwani has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Junwani is 493445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Junwani covers 227.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Junwani falls under Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Junwani is Sikosa, about under 2 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 village for Junwani.

Junwani is about 37 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 Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district. Sikosa is about under 2 km away. Gunderdehi is about 9.3 km away. Balod is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sikosa (under 2 km), Manhara (1.6 km) and Biretara (1.7 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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