About Tenwasa Village

Tenwasa is a mid sized village in Bade Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,791, made up of 878 males and 913 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1203.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496450, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tenwasa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tenwasa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bade Rajpur
Pincode	496450
Area (hectares)	1203.4 hectares
Population	1,791
Male Population	878
Female Population	913
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,040
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tenwasa compares

By the 2011 count Tenwasa is the 15th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents. Its 1203.4 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Tenwasa

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

Tenwasa lies about 92 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 59 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 Tenwasa
Tehsil headquarters	Bade Rajpur	4.9 km
Nearest town	Kānker	37 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	59 km
District headquarters	Bastar	92 km

Villages closest to Tenwasa

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.

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Common questions about Tenwasa

As per the Census of India 2011, Tenwasa village had a population of 1,791. That makes it the 15th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents.

Tenwasa village has 878 males and 913 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tenwasa has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Tenwasa is 496450. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tenwasa covers 1203.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Tenwasa is Antagarh, about 59 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 - 10 km distance for Tenwasa.

Tenwasa is about 92 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tenwasa is in Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district. Bade Rajpur is about 4.9 km away. Kānker is about 37 km away. Antagarh is about 59 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.