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About Kawalnar Village

Kawalnar is a mid sized village in Dantewada tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,007, made up of 476 males and 531 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,116 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1149.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kawalnar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kawalnar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Dantewada
Pincode 494449
Area (hectares) 1149.12 hectares
Population 1,007
Male Population 476
Female Population 531
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,116
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kawalnar compares

By the 2011 count Kawalnar is the 21st largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 1149.12 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1086.

Getting to Kawalnar

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

Kawalnar lies about 23 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kamalur, about 4.6 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 Kawalnar
Nearest railway station Kamalur 4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Dantewada 23 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 23 km
Nearest town Bacheli 24 km

Villages closest to Kawalnar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kawalnar village had a population of 1,007. That makes it the 21st largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Kawalnar village has 476 males and 531 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kawalnar has about 1116 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1086.

The pincode recorded for Kawalnar is 494449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kawalnar covers 1149.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kawalnar falls under Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kawalnar is Kamalur, about 4.6 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 Kawalnar.

Kawalnar is about 23 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kawalnar is in Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kamalur is about 4.6 km away. Dantewada is about 23 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gondpal (2.4 km), Keshapur (2.4 km) and Mangnar (2.6 km).

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

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