About Alwa Village

Alwa is a mid sized village in Darbha tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,399, made up of 647 males and 752 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,162 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1471.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alwa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Darbha
Pincode	494442
Area (hectares)	1471.7 hectares
Population	1,399
Male Population	647
Female Population	752
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,162
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Alwa compares

By the 2011 count Alwa is the 16th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 1471.7 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Alwa

Alwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Alwa as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Alwa from other places

Alwa lies about 93 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 6.8 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 Alwa
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	6.8 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	9.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Darbha	10 km
District headquarters	Bastar	93 km

Villages closest to Alwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alwa village had a population of 1,399. That makes it the 16th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Alwa village has 647 males and 752 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alwa has about 1162 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1035.

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

Alwa covers 1471.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alwa falls under Darbha tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Alwa is Kirandul, about 6.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Alwa.

Alwa is about 93 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alwa is in Darbha tehsil of Bastar district. Kirandul is about 6.8 km away. Bacheli is about 9.9 km away. Darbha is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.