About Kuawan Village

Kuawan is a mid sized village in Barhampur tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 673, made up of 363 males and 310 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170 hectares hectares.

Kuawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kuawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Barhampur
Area (hectares)	170 hectares
Population	673
Male Population	363
Female Population	310
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	854
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kuawan compares

By the 2011 count Kuawan is the 52nd largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,016 residents. Its 170 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Kuawan

Kuawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kuawan 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kuawan from other places

Kuawan lies about 36 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Sikariya Railway Station, about 7.2 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 Kuawan
Tehsil headquarters	Barhampur	5.0 km
Nearest railway station	Sikariya Railway Station	7.2 km
Nearest town	Bela	12 km
District headquarters	Buxar	36 km

Villages closest to Kuawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kuawan village had a population of 673. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,016 residents.

Kuawan village has 363 males and 310 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kuawan has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 922.

Kuawan covers 170 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kuawan falls under Barhampur tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kuawan is Sikariya Railway Station, about 7.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kuawan.

Kuawan is about 36 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kuawan is in Barhampur tehsil of Buxar district. Barhampur is about 5.0 km away. Sikariya Railway Station is about 7.2 km away. Bela is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.