About Adwal Village

Adwal is a small village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 135, made up of 60 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,250 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.92 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	Farasgaon
Pincode	494442
Area (hectares)	224.92 hectares
Population	135
Male Population	60
Female Population	75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,250
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Adwal compares

By the 2011 count Adwal is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 224.92 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1039.

Getting to Adwal

Adwal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. 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 10+ 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 84 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 45 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 town	Nārāinpur	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Farasgaon	24 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	45 km
District headquarters	Bastar	84 km

Villages closest to Adwal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Adwal village had a population of 135. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Adwal village has 60 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Adwal has about 1250 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

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

Adwal covers 224.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Adwal falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Adwal is Antagarh, about 45 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 10+ km distance for Adwal.

Adwal is about 84 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 Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Nārāinpur is about 20 km away. Farasgaon is about 24 km away. Antagarh is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.