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About Junwani Village

Junwani is a small village in Jaijaipur tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 486, made up of 243 males and 243 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 166.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495690, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Junwani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Junwani village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Jaijaipur
Pincode 495690
Area (hectares) 166.35 hectares
Population 486
Male Population 243
Female Population 243
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Junwani compares

By the 2011 count Junwani is the 95th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,555 residents. Its 166.35 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1022.

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 - 10 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 34 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Baradwar, about 24 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 Jaijaipur 4.9 km
Nearest railway station Baradwar 24 km
Nearest town Saktī 28 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 34 km

Villages closest to Junwani

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jaijaipur 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 486. That makes it the 95th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,555 residents.

Junwani village has 243 males and 243 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Junwani has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Junwani is 495690. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Junwani covers 166.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Junwani falls under Jaijaipur tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Junwani is Baradwar, about 24 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 - 10 km distance for Junwani.

Junwani is about 34 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Junwani is in Jaijaipur tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Jaijaipur is about 4.9 km away. Baradwar is about 24 km away. Saktī is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghoradipa (2.1 km), Harethi Khurd (2.2 km) and Harethi Kalan (2.4 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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