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About Adawal Village

Adawal is a mid sized village in Bastar tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 901, made up of 451 males and 450 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 998 females per 1000 males. The village covers 346.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Adawal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Adawal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bastar
Pincode 494001
Area (hectares) 346.64 hectares
Population 901
Male Population 451
Female Population 450
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 998
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Adawal compares

By the 2011 count Adawal is the 70th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents. Its 346.64 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Adawal

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

Adawal lies about 20 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Nakti Semara, about 1.9 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 Adawal
Nearest railway station Nakti Semara 1.9 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Bastar 20 km

Villages closest to Adawal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Adawal village had a population of 901. That makes it the 70th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents.

Adawal village has 451 males and 450 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Adawal has about 998 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Adawal is 494001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Adawal covers 346.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Adawal falls under Bastar tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Adawal is Nakti Semara, about 1.9 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 Adawal.

Adawal is about 20 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Adawal is in Bastar tehsil of Bastar district. Nakti Semara is about 1.9 km away. Jagdalpur is about 4.0 km away. Bastar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kudalgaon (6.3 km), Kaviasna (6.4 km) and Kurushpal (7.0 km).

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

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