About Junga Village

Junga is a mid sized village in Pandapara tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,103, made up of 558 males and 545 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 282 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758079, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Junga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Junga village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kendujhar
Tehsil	Pandapara
Pincode	758079
Area (hectares)	282 hectares
Population	1,103
Male Population	558
Female Population	545
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Junga compares

By the 2011 count Junga is the 14th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 673 residents. Its 282 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Junga

Junga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Junga as Available within village. 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 Junga from other places

Junga lies about 16 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Basantapur, about 7.9 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 Junga
Nearest railway station	Basantapur	7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pandapara	16 km
District headquarters	Kendujhar	16 km
Nearest town	Keonjhargarh	16 km

Villages closest to Junga

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

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Common questions about Junga

As per the Census of India 2011, Junga village had a population of 1,103. That makes it the 14th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 673 residents.

Junga village has 558 males and 545 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Junga has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Junga is 758079. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Junga covers 282 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Junga falls under Pandapara tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Junga is Basantapur, about 7.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Junga.

Junga is about 16 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Junga is in Pandapara tehsil of Kendujhar district. Basantapur is about 7.9 km away. Pandapara is about 16 km away. Kendujhar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.