About Sawantpur Village

Sawantpur is a mid sized village in Pathariya tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,313, made up of 663 males and 650 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 339.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sawantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sawantpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Pathariya
Pincode	495334
Area (hectares)	339.98 hectares
Population	1,313
Male Population	663
Female Population	650
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sawantpur compares

By the 2011 count Sawantpur is the 43rd largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents. Its 339.98 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Sawantpur

Sawantpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sawantpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sawantpur from other places

Sawantpur lies about 45 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Salkaroad, about 26 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 Sawantpur
Nearest railway station	Salkaroad	26 km
Nearest town	Mungeli	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathariya	30 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	45 km

Villages closest to Sawantpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sawantpur village had a population of 1,313. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents.

Sawantpur village has 663 males and 650 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sawantpur has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Sawantpur is 495334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sawantpur covers 339.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sawantpur falls under Pathariya tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sawantpur is Salkaroad, about 26 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Sawantpur.

Sawantpur is about 45 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sawantpur is in Pathariya tehsil of Bilaspur district. Salkaroad is about 26 km away. Mungeli is about 26 km away. Pathariya is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.