About Sawalwahi Village

Sawalwahi is a small village in Keskal tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 254, made up of 114 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,228 females per 1000 males. The village covers 468 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493773, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sawalwahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sawalwahi village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Keskal
Pincode	493773
Area (hectares)	468 hectares
Population	254
Male Population	114
Female Population	140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,228
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sawalwahi compares

By the 2011 count Sawalwahi is the 76th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 468 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 1062.

Getting to Sawalwahi

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

Sawalwahi lies about 108 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 22 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 Sawalwahi
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	22 km
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	30 km
Tehsil headquarters	Keskal	31 km
District headquarters	Bastar	108 km

Villages closest to Sawalwahi

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 Sawalwahi

As per the Census of India 2011, Sawalwahi village had a population of 254. That makes it the 76th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Sawalwahi village has 114 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sawalwahi has about 1228 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Sawalwahi is 493773. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sawalwahi covers 468 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sawalwahi falls under Keskal tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sawalwahi is Antagarh, about 22 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 Sawalwahi.

Sawalwahi is about 108 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sawalwahi is in Keskal tehsil of Bastar district. Antagarh is about 22 km away. Nārāinpur is about 30 km away. Keskal is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.