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About Adwal Village

Adwal is a small village in Bastanar tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 247, made up of 120 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,058 females per 1000 males. The village covers 320.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Adwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Adwal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bastanar
Pincode 494442
Area (hectares) 320.12 hectares
Population 247
Male Population 120
Female Population 127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,058
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Adwal compares

By the 2011 count Adwal is the 36th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 320.12 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1096.

Getting to Adwal

Adwal is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Adwal as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Adwal from other places

Adwal lies about 41 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Kumhar Sodra, about under 2 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 Adwal
Nearest railway station Kumhar Sodra under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Bastanar 12 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 40 km
District headquarters Bastar 41 km

Villages closest to Adwal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Adwal village had a population of 247. That makes it the 36th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Adwal village has 120 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Adwal has about 1058 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1096.

The pincode recorded for Adwal is 494442. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Adwal covers 320.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Adwal falls under Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Adwal is Kumhar Sodra, about under 2 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Adwal.

Adwal is about 41 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Adwal is in Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district. Kumhar Sodra is about under 2 km away. Bastanar is about 12 km away. Jagdalpur is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Palanar (1.7 km), Kumharsadra (2.2 km) and Bhosariras (2.5 km).

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

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