About Kanwar Village

Kanwar is a large village in Gurur tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,700, made up of 1,863 males and 1,837 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 833.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanwar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Gurur
Pincode	491227
Area (hectares)	833.43 hectares
Population	3,700
Male Population	1,863
Female Population	1,837
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	986
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kanwar compares

By the 2011 count Kanwar is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents. Its 833.43 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Kanwar

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

Kanwar lies about 50 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, about 11 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 Kanwar
Nearest railway station	Dhamtari	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gurur	12 km
District headquarters	Durg	50 km

Villages closest to Kanwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanwar village had a population of 3,700. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents.

Kanwar village has 1,863 males and 1,837 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanwar has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Kanwar is 491227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanwar covers 833.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanwar falls under Gurur tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kanwar is Dhamtari, about 11 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 village for Kanwar.

Kanwar is about 50 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanwar is in Gurur tehsil of Durg district. Dhamtari is about 11 km away. Gurur is about 12 km away. Durg is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.