About Hangwa Village

Hangwa is a mid sized village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,453, made up of 681 males and 772 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,134 females per 1000 males. The village covers 384 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hangwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hangwa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Kondagaon
Pincode	494226
Area (hectares)	384 hectares
Population	1,453
Male Population	681
Female Population	772
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,134
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hangwa compares

By the 2011 count Hangwa is the 32nd largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 384 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Hangwa

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

Hangwa lies about 51 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Silak Jhori, about 59 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 Hangwa
Tehsil headquarters	Kondagaon	16 km
District headquarters	Bastar	51 km
Nearest railway station	Silak Jhori	59 km

Villages closest to Hangwa

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Hangwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Hangwa village had a population of 1,453. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Hangwa village has 681 males and 772 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hangwa has about 1134 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Hangwa is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hangwa covers 384 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hangwa falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Hangwa is Silak Jhori, about 59 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 Hangwa.

Hangwa is about 51 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hangwa is in Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. Kondagaon is about 16 km away. Bastar is about 51 km away. Silak Jhori is about 59 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.