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Chhattisgarh sugar mill distributes 50 kg sugar to over 11,000 shareholder farmers at Rs 30/kg
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
lalita bai khariya
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- LGD code
- 436489
- Pincode
- 495683
- Post office
- Rajgamar Colliery
- Population
- 1,447
- Households
- 399
- Literacy rate
- 58.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1024 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 706
- Distance to district centre
- 104 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 113 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 102 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 459 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dhamtari · 42 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Purnima Homeo & Dental Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Junwani compares
By population, Junwani ranks #20 of 85 villages in Barpali mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.9%
−2.4% vs mandal average
- Junwani
- 58.9%
- Barpali mandal
- 61.3%
- Korba district
- 62.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,024
+35 vs mandal average
- Junwani
- 1,024
- Barpali mandal
- 989
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Junwani
- 3.6
- Barpali mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Junwani at a glance
Junwani is a village of 1,447 people in 399 households (Census 2011) in Barpali tehsil, Korba district, Chhattisgarh, the 20th-largest of 85 villages in Barpali tehsil. Literacy is 59%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 1,024 women per 1,000 men. It lies 104 km from the Korba district centre, 42 km from Dhamtari railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 495683, served by Rajgamar Colliery post office; the LGD village code is 436489. The nearest hospital or health centre is Purnima Homeo & Dental Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is lalita bai khariya, and the village votes in Mahasamund assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yogeshwar Raju Sinha. The population is estimated at 1,706 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Junwani
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KORBA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 17
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 17
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- JUNWANI
- Total area (ha)
- 396.05
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 108.15
- Forest area (ha)
- 19.36
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Junwani
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Junwani
- LGD code
- 436489
- Pincode
- 495683
- Post office
- Rajgamar Colliery
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,447
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,706
- Households
- 399
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1024
- Literacy rate
- 58.9%
- Coordinates
- 20.33857°N, 81.53001°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogeshwar Raju Sinha
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- lalita bai khariya
- Block / Mandal
- Barpali
Getting there
How to reach Junwani
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur102 kmcapital
- Hyderabad459 km
- Kolkata749 km
- Chennai818 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDhamtari42 km
- Hospital / PHCPurnima Homeo & Dental Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankBank24 km
- Petrol pumpAgni Bricks9 km
- CollegeGovt. Gaind Singh22 km
- Police stationPolice Station24 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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