About Dewadand Village

Dewadand is a mid sized village in Khadganva tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,274, made up of 670 males and 604 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 414.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dewadand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dewadand village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Koriya
Tehsil	Khadganva
Pincode	497449
Area (hectares)	414.74 hectares
Population	1,274
Male Population	670
Female Population	604
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	901
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dewadand compares

By the 2011 count Dewadand is the 32nd largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,135 residents. Its 414.74 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Dewadand

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

Dewadand lies about 32 km from Koriya, and the nearest railway station is Paradol, 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 Dewadand
Nearest railway station	Paradol	18 km
Nearest town	Manendragarh	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khadganva	32 km
District headquarters	Koriya	32 km

Villages closest to Dewadand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dewadand village had a population of 1,274. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,135 residents.

Dewadand village has 670 males and 604 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dewadand has about 901 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Dewadand is 497449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dewadand covers 414.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dewadand falls under Khadganva tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dewadand is Paradol, 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 village for Dewadand.

Dewadand is about 32 km from Koriya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dewadand is in Khadganva tehsil of Koriya district. Paradol is about 18 km away. Manendragarh is about 23 km away. Khadganva is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.