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About Pandewar Village

Pandewar 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 680, made up of 326 males and 354 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,086 females per 1000 males. The village covers 506.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pandewar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pandewar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Dantewada
Pincode 494552
Area (hectares) 506.35 hectares
Population 680
Male Population 326
Female Population 354
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,086
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Pandewar compares

By the 2011 count Pandewar is the 33rd largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 506.35 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1086.

Getting to Pandewar

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

How far is Pandewar from other places

Pandewar lies about 22 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kamalur, about 2.4 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 Pandewar
Nearest railway station Kamalur 2.4 km
Nearest town Bacheli 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Dantewada 22 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 22 km

Villages closest to Pandewar

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 Pandewar

As per the Census of India 2011, Pandewar village had a population of 680. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Pandewar village has 326 males and 354 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pandewar has about 1086 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1086.

The pincode recorded for Pandewar is 494552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pandewar covers 506.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Pandewar is Kamalur, about 2.4 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 10+ km distance for Pandewar.

Pandewar is about 22 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.

Pandewar is in Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kamalur is about 2.4 km away. Bacheli is about 21 km away. Dantewada is about 22 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 (under 2 km), Kamaloor (2.5 km) and Mangnar (2.7 km).

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

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