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About Junjaragunte Village

Junjaragunte is a mid sized village in Challakere tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,412, made up of 722 males and 690 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 527.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577542, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Junjaragunte Overview

Census 2011 figures for Junjaragunte village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chitradurga
Tehsil Challakere
Pincode 577542
Area (hectares) 527.42 hectares
Population 1,412
Male Population 722
Female Population 690
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 956
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Junjaragunte compares

By the 2011 count Junjaragunte is the 95th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents. Its 527.42 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Junjaragunte

Junjaragunte is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Junjaragunte as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Junjaragunte from other places

Junjaragunte lies about 49 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Challakere, about 21 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 Junjaragunte
Nearest railway station Challakere 21 km
District headquarters Chitradurga 49 km

Villages closest to Junjaragunte

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Junjaragunte village had a population of 1,412. That makes it the 95th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents.

Junjaragunte village has 722 males and 690 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Junjaragunte has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Junjaragunte is 577542. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Junjaragunte covers 527.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Junjaragunte falls under Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Junjaragunte is Challakere, about 21 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 within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Junjaragunte.

Junjaragunte is about 49 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Junjaragunte is in Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district. Challakere is about 21 km away. Chitradurga is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bommanakunte (1.9 km), Chattekamba (2.6 km) and Chowlur Kaval (4.4 km).

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

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