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About Junwani Village

Junwani is a small village in Sakti tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 301, made up of 149 males and 152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495689, 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 Sakti
Pincode 495689
Area (hectares) 91.81 hectares
Population 301
Male Population 149
Female Population 152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Junwani compares

By the 2011 count Junwani is the 113th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents. Its 91.81 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

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 village. 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 35 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Jetha, about 7.1 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 Jetha 7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Sakti 9.5 km
Nearest town Saktī 9.5 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 35 km

Villages closest to Junwani

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sakti 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 301. That makes it the 113th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents.

Junwani village has 149 males and 152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Junwani has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

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

Junwani covers 91.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Junwani is Jetha, about 7.1 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 village for Junwani.

Junwani is about 35 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 Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Jetha is about 7.1 km away. Sakti is about 9.5 km away. Saktī is about 9.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Achanakpur (2.0 km), Paterapalikalan (2.1 km) and Mohgaon (2.2 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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