About Kaundawand Village

Kaundawand is a large village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,302, made up of 1,151 males and 1,151 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1335.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kaundawand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kaundawand village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bakavand
Pincode	494222
Area (hectares)	1335.07 hectares
Population	2,302
Male Population	1,151
Female Population	1,151
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kaundawand compares

By the 2011 count Kaundawand is the 18th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 1335.07 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Kaundawand

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

Kaundawand lies about 21 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 25 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 Kaundawand
Tehsil headquarters	Bakavand	21 km
District headquarters	Bastar	21 km
Nearest railway station	Amagura	25 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	25 km

Villages closest to Kaundawand

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 Kaundawand

As per the Census of India 2011, Kaundawand village had a population of 2,302. That makes it the 18th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Kaundawand village has 1,151 males and 1,151 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kaundawand has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Kaundawand is 494222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kaundawand covers 1335.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kaundawand falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kaundawand is Amagura, about 25 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 Kaundawand.

Kaundawand is about 21 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kaundawand is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Bakavand is about 21 km away. Bastar is about 21 km away. Amagura is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.