About Pusawand Village

Pusawand is a mid sized village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 974, made up of 444 males and 530 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,194 females per 1000 males. The village covers 411.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pusawand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pusawand village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Kondagaon
Pincode	494226
Area (hectares)	411.13 hectares
Population	974
Male Population	444
Female Population	530
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,194
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pusawand compares

By the 2011 count Pusawand is the 55th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 411.13 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 Pusawand

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

Pusawand lies about 41 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Jagdalpur, 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 Pusawand
Tehsil headquarters	Kondagaon	14 km
District headquarters	Bastar	41 km
Nearest railway station	Jagdalpur	59 km

Villages closest to Pusawand

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.

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Common questions about Pusawand

As per the Census of India 2011, Pusawand village had a population of 974. That makes it the 55th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Pusawand village has 444 males and 530 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pusawand has about 1194 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

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

Pusawand covers 411.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pusawand falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Pusawand is Jagdalpur, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Pusawand.

Pusawand is about 41 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pusawand is in Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. Kondagaon is about 14 km away. Bastar is about 41 km away. Jagdalpur is about 59 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.