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About Junwani Village

Junwani is a mid sized village in Narharpur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,267, made up of 610 males and 657 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,077 females per 1000 males. The village covers 412.54 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 Narharpur
Pincode 494334
Area (hectares) 412.54 hectares
Population 1,267
Male Population 610
Female Population 657
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,077
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Junwani compares

By the 2011 count Junwani is the 27th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 412.54 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1050.

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 - 10 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 32 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, about 42 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 town Kānker 8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Narharpur 15 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 32 km
Nearest railway station Dhamtari 42 km

Villages closest to Junwani

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Narharpur 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 1,267. That makes it the 27th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Junwani village has 610 males and 657 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Junwani has about 1077 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1050.

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

Junwani covers 412.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Junwani is Dhamtari, about 42 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 - 10 km distance for Junwani.

Junwani is about 32 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 Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kānker is about 8.4 km away. Narharpur is about 15 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rampur (under 2 km), Salhe Tola (2.4 km) and Chanar (2.6 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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