About Kewai Village

Kewai is a mid sized village in Nagar Nausa tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,066, made up of 564 males and 502 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78 hectares hectares.

Kewai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kewai village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Nagar Nausa
Area (hectares)	78 hectares
Population	1,066
Male Population	564
Female Population	502
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	890
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kewai compares

By the 2011 count Kewai is the 30th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,147 residents. Its 78 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Kewai

Kewai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kewai as Available within 5 - 10 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kewai from other places

Kewai lies about 13 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Rukhai Halt, about 2.7 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 Kewai
Nearest railway station	Rukhai Halt	2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nagar Nausa	7.1 km
Nearest town	Hilsa	7.3 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	13 km

Villages closest to Kewai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nagar Nausa 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 Kewai

As per the Census of India 2011, Kewai village had a population of 1,066. That makes it the 30th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,147 residents.

Kewai village has 564 males and 502 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kewai has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

Kewai covers 78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Kewai falls under Nagar Nausa tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kewai is Rukhai Halt, about 2.7 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kewai.

Kewai is about 13 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kewai is in Nagar Nausa tehsil of Nalanda district. Rukhai Halt is about 2.7 km away. Nagar Nausa is about 7.1 km away. Hilsa is about 7.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.