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About Honawandi Village

Honawandi is a mid sized village in Bade Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,099, made up of 554 males and 545 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 521.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494347, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Honawandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Honawandi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bade Rajpur
Pincode 494347
Area (hectares) 521.38 hectares
Population 1,099
Male Population 554
Female Population 545
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 984
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Honawandi compares

By the 2011 count Honawandi is the 31st largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents. Its 521.38 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Honawandi

Honawandi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Honawandi as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Honawandi from other places

Honawandi lies about 97 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 68 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 Honawandi
Tehsil headquarters Bade Rajpur 7.6 km
Nearest town Kānker 39 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 68 km
District headquarters Bastar 97 km

Villages closest to Honawandi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bade Rajpur 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 Honawandi

As per the Census of India 2011, Honawandi village had a population of 1,099. That makes it the 31st largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents.

Honawandi village has 554 males and 545 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Honawandi has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Honawandi is 494347. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Honawandi covers 521.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Honawandi falls under Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Honawandi is Antagarh, about 68 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 and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Honawandi.

Honawandi is about 97 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Honawandi is in Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district. Bade Rajpur is about 7.6 km away. Kānker is about 39 km away. Antagarh is about 68 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kurrubhat (under 2 km), Mainpur (1.7 km) and Pendrawand (1.8 km).

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

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