About Pawdha Village

Pawdha is a mid sized village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 758, made up of 374 males and 384 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 875.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494228, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pawdha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pawdha village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Farasgaon
Pincode	494228
Area (hectares)	875.56 hectares
Population	758
Male Population	374
Female Population	384
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,027
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pawdha compares

By the 2011 count Pawdha is the 47th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 875.56 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Pawdha

Pawdha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pawdha 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pawdha from other places

Pawdha lies about 81 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 48 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 Pawdha
Tehsil headquarters	Farasgaon	22 km
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	23 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	48 km
District headquarters	Bastar	81 km

Villages closest to Pawdha

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 Pawdha

As per the Census of India 2011, Pawdha village had a population of 758. That makes it the 47th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Pawdha village has 374 males and 384 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pawdha has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Pawdha is 494228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pawdha covers 875.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pawdha falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Pawdha is Antagarh, about 48 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 5 - 10 km distance for Pawdha.

Pawdha is about 81 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pawdha is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Farasgaon is about 22 km away. Nārāinpur is about 23 km away. Antagarh is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.