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About Duwalikarka Village

Duwalikarka is a mid sized village in Katekalyan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 539, made up of 251 males and 288 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,147 females per 1000 males. The village covers 715.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Duwalikarka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Duwalikarka village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Katekalyan
Pincode 494552
Area (hectares) 715.47 hectares
Population 539
Male Population 251
Female Population 288
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,147
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Duwalikarka compares

By the 2011 count Duwalikarka is the 31st largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents. Its 715.47 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, well above the tehsil average of 1080.

Getting to Duwalikarka

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

How far is Duwalikarka from other places

Duwalikarka lies about 7.0 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kawargaon, about 18 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 Duwalikarka
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Katekalyan 16 km
Nearest railway station Kawargaon 18 km
Nearest town Bacheli 24 km

Villages closest to Duwalikarka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Duwalikarka village had a population of 539. That makes it the 31st largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents.

Duwalikarka village has 251 males and 288 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Duwalikarka has about 1147 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1080.

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

Duwalikarka covers 715.47 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.

Duwalikarka falls under Katekalyan tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Duwalikarka is Kawargaon, about 18 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 10+ km distance for Duwalikarka.

Duwalikarka is about 7.0 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.

Duwalikarka is in Katekalyan tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 7.0 km away. Katekalyan is about 16 km away. Kawargaon is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhanikarka (2.1 km), Burdikarka (3.6 km) and Atepal (5.2 km).

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

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