About Harwel Village

Harwel is a mid sized village in Keskal tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 726, made up of 360 males and 366 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 701 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harwel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harwel village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Keskal
Pincode	494334
Area (hectares)	701 hectares
Population	726
Male Population	360
Female Population	366
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Harwel compares

By the 2011 count Harwel is the 36th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 701 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, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Harwel

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

Harwel lies about 115 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 Harwel
Tehsil headquarters	Keskal	11 km
Nearest town	Kānker	13 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	45 km
District headquarters	Bastar	115 km

Villages closest to Harwel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Harwel village had a population of 726. That makes it the 36th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Harwel village has 360 males and 366 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harwel has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Harwel is 494334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harwel covers 701 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.

Harwel falls under Keskal tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Harwel 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 5 - 10 km distance for Harwel.

Harwel is about 115 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harwel is in Keskal tehsil of Bastar district. Keskal is about 11 km away. Kānker is about 13 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.