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About Junwani Village

Junwani is a small village in Bhanupratappur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 274, made up of 127 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,157 females per 1000 males. The village covers 391.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Junwani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Junwani village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Bhanupratappur
Pincode 494334
Area (hectares) 391.36 hectares
Population 274
Male Population 127
Female Population 147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,157
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 95th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 787 residents. Its 391.36 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1044.

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 21 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 5.7 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 Keoti 5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhanupratappur 8.5 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 21 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 38 km

Villages closest to Junwani

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhanupratappur 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 274. That makes it the 95th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 787 residents.

Junwani village has 127 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Junwani has about 1157 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1044.

The pincode recorded for Junwani is 494334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Junwani covers 391.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Junwani falls under Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Junwani is Keoti, about 5.7 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 21 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Junwani is in Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Keoti is about 5.7 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 8.5 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bikramganj (1.7 km), Ghotia (1.7 km) and Basla (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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