About Chandwa Village

Chandwa is a small village in Mohania tehsil, in the district of Kaimur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 292, made up of 156 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 821109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chandwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Kaimur
Tehsil	Mohania
Pincode	821109
Area (hectares)	102.89 hectares
Population	292
Male Population	156
Female Population	136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chandwa compares

By the 2011 count Chandwa is the 127th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,395 residents. Its 102.89 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 925.

Getting to Chandwa

Chandwa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chandwa as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chandwa from other places

Chandwa lies about 79 km from Kaimur, and the nearest railway station is Muthani, about 8.5 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 Chandwa
Nearest railway station	Muthani	8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mohania	9.3 km
Nearest town	Bhabhua	21 km
District headquarters	Kaimur	79 km

Villages closest to Chandwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandwa village had a population of 292. That makes it the 127th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,395 residents.

Chandwa village has 156 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandwa has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Chandwa is 821109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chandwa covers 102.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chandwa falls under Mohania tehsil of Kaimur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Chandwa is Muthani, about 8.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chandwa.

Chandwa is about 79 km from Kaimur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chandwa is in Mohania tehsil of Kaimur district. Muthani is about 8.5 km away. Mohania is about 9.3 km away. Bhabhua is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.