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About Junwani Village

Junwani is a small village in Khairagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 478, made up of 229 males and 249 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,087 females per 1000 males. The village covers 261.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491885, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Junwani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Junwani village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Khairagarh
Pincode 491885
Area (hectares) 261.64 hectares
Population 478
Male Population 229
Female Population 249
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,087
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 147th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 779 residents. Its 261.64 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

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 40 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Rasmara, about 27 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 Khairagarh 16 km
Nearest town Khairāgarh 16 km
Nearest railway station Rasmara 27 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 40 km

Villages closest to Junwani

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khairagarh 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 478. That makes it the 147th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 779 residents.

Junwani village has 229 males and 249 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Junwani has about 1087 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Junwani is 491885. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Junwani covers 261.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Junwani falls under Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Junwani is Rasmara, about 27 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 40 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Junwani is in Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Khairagarh is about 16 km away. Khairāgarh is about 16 km away. Rasmara is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parsuli (under 2 km), Godri (1.6 km) and Chingli (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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