Junwani observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
Junwani is a village in Charama mandal, Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh. It has a population of 753 across 176 households with a literacy rate of 79.7%.
By population, Junwani ranks #63 of 97 villages in Charama mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Junwani is a village of 753 people in 176 households (Census 2011) in Charama tehsil, Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, the 63rd-largest of 97 villages in Charama tehsil. Literacy is 80%, 11 points above the tehsil average of 69% and the sex ratio is 1,052 women per 1,000 men. It lies 31 km from the Uttar Bastar Kanker district centre, 42 km from Dhamtari railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 494337, served by Charama post office; the LGD village code is 447433. The nearest hospital or health centre is Purnima Homeo & Dental Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is SURAJ KUMAR UEKY, and the village votes in Bhanupratappur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Savitri Manoj Mandavi. The population is estimated at 888 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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