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About Kolawada Village

Kolawada is a small village in Jagdalpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 375, made up of 185 males and 190 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 306.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kolawada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kolawada village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Jagdalpur
Pincode 494001
Area (hectares) 306.17 hectares
Population 375
Male Population 185
Female Population 190
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,027
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kolawada compares

By the 2011 count Kolawada is the 82nd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 306.17 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Kolawada

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

Kolawada lies about 36 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Kumhar Maranga, about 18 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 Kolawada
Nearest railway station Kumhar Maranga 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Jagdalpur 22 km
District headquarters Bastar 36 km

Villages closest to Kolawada

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 Kolawada

As per the Census of India 2011, Kolawada village had a population of 375. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Kolawada village has 185 males and 190 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kolawada has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

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

Kolawada covers 306.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kolawada falls under Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kolawada is Kumhar Maranga, about 18 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 Kolawada.

Kolawada 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.

Kolawada is in Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district. Kumhar Maranga is about 18 km away. Jagdalpur is about 22 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 Alkuralis Taipadar (under 2 km), Milkulwada (2.4 km) and Chhotebadam (3.5 km).

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

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