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About Dewara Village

Dewara is a mid sized village in Akbarpur tehsil, in the district of Nawada, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,303, made up of 683 males and 620 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79 hectares hectares.

Dewara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dewara village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Nawada
Tehsil Akbarpur
Area (hectares) 79 hectares
Population 1,303
Male Population 683
Female Population 620
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 908
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dewara compares

By the 2011 count Dewara is the 65th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,645 residents. Its 79 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Dewara

The census records public bus service for Dewara as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Dewara from other places

Dewara lies about 13 km from Nawada, and the nearest railway station is Nawadah, about 13 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 Dewara
Tehsil headquarters Akbarpur 2.9 km
Nearest railway station Nawadah 13 km
District headquarters Nawada 13 km
Nearest town Nawāda 13 km

Villages closest to Dewara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dewara village had a population of 1,303. That makes it the 65th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,645 residents.

Dewara village has 683 males and 620 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dewara has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

Dewara covers 79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Dewara falls under Akbarpur tehsil of Nawada district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dewara is Nawadah, about 13 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 km distance for Dewara.

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

Dewara is in Akbarpur tehsil of Nawada district. Akbarpur is about 2.9 km away. Nawadah is about 13 km away. Nawada is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahiman Bigaha (under 2 km), Shekhpura (under 2 km) and Lodipur (under 2 km).

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

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