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About Junwani Village

Junwani is a mid sized village in Bilaigarh tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,341, made up of 653 males and 688 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 372.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Junwani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Junwani village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Bilaigarh
Pincode 493222
Area (hectares) 372.74 hectares
Population 1,341
Male Population 653
Female Population 688
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,054
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Junwani compares

By the 2011 count Junwani is the 40th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 983 residents. Its 372.74 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

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 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 135 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Baradwar, about 39 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 Bilaigarh 14 km
Nearest railway station Baradwar 39 km
Nearest town Saktī 42 km
District headquarters Raipur 135 km

Villages closest to Junwani

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bilaigarh 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 1,341. That makes it the 40th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 983 residents.

Junwani village has 653 males and 688 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Junwani has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Junwani is 493222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Junwani covers 372.74 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 Bilaigarh tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Junwani is Baradwar, about 39 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 km distance for Junwani.

Junwani is about 135 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Junwani is in Bilaigarh tehsil of Raipur district. Bilaigarh is about 14 km away. Baradwar is about 39 km away. Saktī is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hardi (under 2 km), Rohina (under 2 km) and Jora (1.8 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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