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About Seoni Village

Seoni is a large village in Janjgir tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,305, made up of 2,168 males and 2,137 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 884.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495689, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Seoni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Seoni village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Janjgir
Pincode 495689
Area (hectares) 884.59 hectares
Population 4,305
Male Population 2,168
Female Population 2,137
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 986
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Seoni compares

By the 2011 count Seoni is the 6th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,276 residents. Its 884.59 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Seoni

Seoni 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 Seoni 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 Seoni from other places

Seoni lies about 8.5 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Janjgir Naila, about 2.9 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 Seoni
Nearest railway station Janjgir Naila 2.9 km
Nearest town Nailā 3.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Janjgir 4.9 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 8.5 km

Villages closest to Seoni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Seoni village had a population of 4,305. That makes it the 6th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,276 residents.

Seoni village has 2,168 males and 2,137 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Seoni has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Seoni is 495689. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Seoni covers 884.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Seoni falls under Janjgir tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Seoni is Janjgir Naila, about 2.9 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 village for Seoni.

Seoni is about 8.5 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Seoni is in Janjgir tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Janjgir Naila is about 2.9 km away. Nailā is about 3.2 km away. Janjgir is about 4.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanhai Band (under 2 km), Pali (2.8 km) and Sarkhon (2.8 km).

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

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