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About Hitawar Village

Hitawar is a mid sized village in Kuakonda tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,253, made up of 625 males and 628 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 558.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hitawar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hitawar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Kuakonda
Pincode 494552
Area (hectares) 558.31 hectares
Population 1,253
Male Population 625
Female Population 628
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,005
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Hitawar compares

By the 2011 count Hitawar is the 11th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 558.31 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1100.

Getting to Hitawar

Hitawar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Hitawar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Hitawar from other places

Hitawar lies about 2.3 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Bhansi, about 17 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 Hitawar
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Kuakonda 4.0 km
Nearest town Bacheli 16 km
Nearest railway station Bhansi 17 km

Villages closest to Hitawar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hitawar village had a population of 1,253. That makes it the 11th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Hitawar village has 625 males and 628 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hitawar has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1100.

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

Hitawar covers 558.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hitawar falls under Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Hitawar is Bhansi, about 17 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 km distance for Hitawar.

Hitawar is about 2.3 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.

Hitawar is in Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 2.3 km away. Kuakonda is about 4.0 km away. Bacheli is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nakulnar (1.6 km), Samgiri (2.7 km) and Mailawada (3.0 km).

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

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