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About Kawapal Village

Kawapal is a mid sized village in Jagdalpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 531, made up of 243 males and 288 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,185 females per 1000 males. The village covers 837.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kawapal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kawapal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Jagdalpur
Pincode 494001
Area (hectares) 837.22 hectares
Population 531
Male Population 243
Female Population 288
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,185
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kawapal compares

By the 2011 count Kawapal is the 74th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 837.22 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 1012.

Getting to Kawapal

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

Kawapal lies about 36 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 12 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 Kawapal
Nearest railway station Amagura 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Jagdalpur 20 km
District headquarters Bastar 36 km

Villages closest to Kawapal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kawapal village had a population of 531. That makes it the 74th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Kawapal village has 243 males and 288 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kawapal has about 1185 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

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

Kawapal covers 837.22 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.

Kawapal falls under Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kawapal is Amagura, about 12 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 Kawapal.

Kawapal is about 36 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kawapal is in Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district. Amagura is about 12 km away. Jagdalpur is about 20 km away. Bastar is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalaguda (4.4 km), Tiriya (6.5 km) and Gumalwada (7.2 km).

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

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