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About Junwani Kalan Village

Junwani Kalan is a mid sized village in Bagbahra tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,240, made up of 580 males and 660 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,138 females per 1000 males. The village covers 416.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Junwani Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Junwani Kalan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Mahasamund
Tehsil Bagbahra
Pincode 493449
Area (hectares) 416.85 hectares
Population 1,240
Male Population 580
Female Population 660
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,138
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Junwani Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Junwani Kalan is the 29th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 416.85 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Junwani Kalan

Junwani Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Junwani Kalan as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Junwani Kalan from other places

Junwani Kalan lies about 29 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Bagbahra, about 4.1 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 Kalan
Nearest railway station Bagbahra 4.1 km
District headquarters Mahasamund 29 km
Nearest town Mahāsamund 29 km

Villages closest to Junwani Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Junwani Kalan village had a population of 1,240. That makes it the 29th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Junwani Kalan village has 580 males and 660 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Junwani Kalan has about 1138 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Junwani Kalan is 493449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Junwani Kalan covers 416.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Junwani Kalan falls under Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Junwani Kalan is Bagbahra, about 4.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Junwani Kalan.

Junwani Kalan is about 29 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Junwani Kalan is in Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district. Bagbahra is about 4.1 km away. Mahasamund is about 29 km away. Mahāsamund is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Junwanikhurd (under 2 km), Bhalu Chuwa (2.4 km) and Bhaluchuwa (2.4 km).

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

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