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About Junair Village

Junair is a small village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 379, made up of 160 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,369 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246455, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Junair Overview

Census 2011 figures for Junair village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Chamoli
Tehsil Tharali
Pincode 246455
Area (hectares) 110.8 hectares
Population 379
Male Population 160
Female Population 219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,369
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Junair compares

By the 2011 count Junair is the 73rd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 110.8 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Junair

Junair is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Junair as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Junair from other places

Junair lies about 56 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 61 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 Junair
Tehsil headquarters Tharali 26 km
Nearest town Almora 43 km
District headquarters Chamoli 56 km
Nearest railway station Ramnagar 61 km

Villages closest to Junair

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Junair village had a population of 379. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Junair village has 160 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Junair has about 1369 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Junair is 246455. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Junair covers 110.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Junair falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Junair is Ramnagar, about 61 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Junair.

Junair is about 56 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Junair is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Tharali is about 26 km away. Almora is about 43 km away. Chamoli is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Beena Gaon (under 2 km), Leguna (under 2 km) and Nairi (under 2 km).

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

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