About Diawan Village

Diawan is a large village in Karai Parsurai tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,598, made up of 1,900 males and 1,698 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 240 hectares hectares.

Diawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Diawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Karai Parsurai
Area (hectares)	240 hectares
Population	3,598
Male Population	1,900
Female Population	1,698
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Diawan compares

By the 2011 count Diawan is the 6th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,684 residents. Its 240 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Diawan

Diawan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Diawan 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Diawan from other places

Diawan lies about 21 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Diyawan, about under 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 Diawan
Nearest railway station	Diyawan	under 2 km
Nearest town	Hilsa	6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karai Parsurai	21 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	21 km

Villages closest to Diawan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Karai Parsurai 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 Diawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Diawan village had a population of 3,598. That makes it the 6th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,684 residents.

Diawan village has 1,900 males and 1,698 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Diawan has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

Diawan covers 240 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Diawan falls under Karai Parsurai tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Diawan is Diyawan, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Diawan is about 21 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Diawan is in Karai Parsurai tehsil of Nalanda district. Diyawan is about under 2 km away. Hilsa is about 6.9 km away. Karai Parsurai is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.