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About Kawanar Village

Kawanar is a small village in Bastanar tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 453, made up of 221 males and 232 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 308.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kawanar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kawanar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bastanar
Pincode 494442
Area (hectares) 308.12 hectares
Population 453
Male Population 221
Female Population 232
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,050
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kawanar compares

By the 2011 count Kawanar is the 27th 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 308.12 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, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1096.

Getting to Kawanar

Kawanar 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 Kawanar 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 Kawanar from other places

Kawanar lies about 38 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Kumhar Sodra, about 3.2 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 Kawanar
Nearest railway station Kumhar Sodra 3.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Bastanar 13 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 38 km
District headquarters Bastar 38 km

Villages closest to Kawanar

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 Kawanar

As per the Census of India 2011, Kawanar village had a population of 453. That makes it the 27th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Kawanar village has 221 males and 232 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kawanar has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1096.

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

Kawanar covers 308.12 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.

Kawanar falls under Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kawanar is Kumhar Sodra, about 3.2 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 Kawanar.

Kawanar is about 38 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kawanar is in Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district. Kumhar Sodra is about 3.2 km away. Bastanar is about 13 km away. Jagdalpur is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhotebodenar (under 2 km), Goriyapal (2.1 km) and Palanar (2.3 km).

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

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