About Samalwar Village

Samalwar 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 1,024, made up of 494 males and 530 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,073 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1724.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Samalwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Samalwar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Kuakonda
Pincode	494552
Area (hectares)	1724.12 hectares
Population	1,024
Male Population	494
Female Population	530
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,073
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Samalwar compares

By the 2011 count Samalwar is the 16th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 1724.12 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1100.

Getting to Samalwar

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

How far is Samalwar from other places

Samalwar lies about 18 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 6.8 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 Samalwar
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	6.8 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	9.9 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kuakonda	20 km

Villages closest to Samalwar

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.

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Common questions about Samalwar

As per the Census of India 2011, Samalwar village had a population of 1,024. That makes it the 16th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Samalwar village has 494 males and 530 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Samalwar has about 1073 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1100.

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

Samalwar covers 1724.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Samalwar is Kirandul, about 6.8 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 5 - 10 km distance for Samalwar.

Samalwar is about 18 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.

Samalwar is in Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kirandul is about 6.8 km away. Bacheli is about 9.9 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.