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About Mungwal Village

Mungwal is a small village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 430, made up of 214 males and 216 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 570.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mungwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mungwal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Kondagaon
Pincode 494226
Area (hectares) 570.58 hectares
Population 430
Male Population 214
Female Population 216
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,009
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Mungwal compares

By the 2011 count Mungwal is the 121st largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 570.58 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Mungwal

Mungwal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Mungwal as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Mungwal from other places

Mungwal lies about 61 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Silak Jhori, about 66 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 Mungwal
Tehsil headquarters Kondagaon 21 km
District headquarters Bastar 61 km
Nearest railway station Silak Jhori 66 km

Villages closest to Mungwal

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.

Common questions about Mungwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Mungwal village had a population of 430. That makes it the 121st largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Mungwal village has 214 males and 216 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mungwal has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1046.

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

Mungwal covers 570.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mungwal falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Mungwal is Silak Jhori, about 66 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 km distance for Mungwal.

Mungwal is about 61 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mungwal is in Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. Kondagaon is about 21 km away. Bastar is about 61 km away. Silak Jhori is about 66 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mangwal (under 2 km), Todam (under 2 km) and Adnar (1.7 km).

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

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