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About Kawai Village

Kawai is a small village in Singhwara tehsil, in the district of Darbhanga, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 219, made up of 113 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 847106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kawai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kawai village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Darbhanga
Tehsil Singhwara
Pincode 847106
Area (hectares) 43 hectares
Population 219
Male Population 113
Female Population 106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 938
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kawai compares

By the 2011 count Kawai is the 79th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,153 residents. Its 43 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Kawai

The census records public bus service for Kawai as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kawai from other places

Kawai lies about 17 km from Darbhanga, and the nearest railway station is Shaheed Suraj Narayan Singh Halt, about 3.8 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 Kawai
Nearest railway station Shaheed Suraj Narayan Singh Halt 3.8 km
Nearest town Benipur 15 km
District headquarters Darbhanga 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Singhwara 33 km

Villages closest to Kawai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kawai village had a population of 219. That makes it the 79th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,153 residents.

Kawai village has 113 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kawai has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Kawai is 847106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kawai covers 43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kawai falls under Singhwara tehsil of Darbhanga district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kawai is Shaheed Suraj Narayan Singh Halt, about 3.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kawai.

Kawai is about 17 km from Darbhanga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kawai is in Singhwara tehsil of Darbhanga district. Shaheed Suraj Narayan Singh Halt is about 3.8 km away. Benipur is about 15 km away. Darbhanga is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hanuman Nagar (9.7 km), Shakarpur (12 km) and Fatehpur (15 km).

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

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