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About Junkaria Village

Junkaria is a mid sized village in Simlapal tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 592, made up of 300 males and 292 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Junkaria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Junkaria village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Simlapal
Pincode 722151
Area (hectares) 160.01 hectares
Population 592
Male Population 300
Female Population 292
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 973
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Junkaria compares

By the 2011 count Junkaria is the 84th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 702 residents. Its 160.01 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 967.

Getting to Junkaria

Junkaria is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Junkaria 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. The nearest villages by name are Jhikri, Jhumka, Jirabaid and Jugidangra. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Junkaria

As per the Census of India 2011, Junkaria village had a population of 592. That makes it the 84th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 702 residents.

Junkaria village has 300 males and 292 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Junkaria has about 973 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 967.

The pincode recorded for Junkaria is 722151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Junkaria covers 160.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Junkaria falls under Simlapal tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The census record for Junkaria notes the nearest railway station 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 Junkaria.

Junkaria is in Simlapal tehsil of Bankura district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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