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About Bawadi Village

Bawadi is a small village in Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 419, made up of 178 males and 241 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,354 females per 1000 males. The village covers 837.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bawadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bawadi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Narayanpur
Tehsil Narayanpur
Pincode 494661
Area (hectares) 837.48 hectares
Population 419
Male Population 178
Female Population 241
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,354
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bawadi compares

By the 2011 count Bawadi is the 72nd largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 478 residents. Its 837.48 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 1025.

Getting to Bawadi

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

Bawadi lies about 10 km from Narayanpur, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 53 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 Bawadi
Tehsil headquarters Narayanpur 10 km
Nearest town Nārāinpur 10 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 53 km

Villages closest to Bawadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bawadi village had a population of 419. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 478 residents.

Bawadi village has 178 males and 241 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bawadi has about 1354 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Bawadi is 494661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bawadi covers 837.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bawadi falls under Narayanpur tehsil of Narayanpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bawadi is Antagarh, about 53 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 Bawadi.

Bawadi is about 10 km from Narayanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bawadi is in Narayanpur tehsil of Narayanpur district. Narayanpur is about 10 km away. Nārāinpur is about 10 km away. Antagarh is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malechur (2.5 km), Moraskodo (3.1 km) and Gongla (4.0 km).

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

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