About Bajawand Village

Bajawand is a large village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,014, made up of 983 males and 1,031 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 412.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bajawand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bajawand village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bakavand
Pincode	494221
Area (hectares)	412.34 hectares
Population	2,014
Male Population	983
Female Population	1,031
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,049
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bajawand compares

By the 2011 count Bajawand is the 21st largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 412.34 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Bajawand

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

Bajawand lies about 25 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, 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 Bajawand
Nearest railway station	Amagura	13 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bakavand	25 km
District headquarters	Bastar	25 km

Villages closest to Bajawand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bajawand village had a population of 2,014. That makes it the 21st largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Bajawand village has 983 males and 1,031 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bajawand has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Bajawand is 494221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bajawand covers 412.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bajawand falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bajawand is Amagura, about 13 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 village for Bajawand.

Bajawand is about 25 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bajawand is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Amagura is about 13 km away. Jagdalpur is about 19 km away. Bakavand is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.