About Bara Dawan Village

Bara Dawan is a small village in Baramkela tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 383, made up of 198 males and 185 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 166.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bara Dawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bara Dawan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Baramkela
Pincode	496551
Area (hectares)	166.34 hectares
Population	383
Male Population	198
Female Population	185
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bara Dawan compares

By the 2011 count Bara Dawan is the 125th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 628 residents. Its 166.34 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 993.

Getting to Bara Dawan

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

How far is Bara Dawan from other places

Bara Dawan lies about 4.8 km from Baramkela, and the nearest railway station is Raigarh, about 44 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 Bara Dawan
Tehsil headquarters	Baramkela	4.8 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	34 km
Nearest railway station	Raigarh	44 km

Villages closest to Bara Dawan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baramkela 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 Bara Dawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Bara Dawan village had a population of 383. That makes it the 125th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 628 residents.

Bara Dawan village has 198 males and 185 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bara Dawan has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Bara Dawan is 496551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bara Dawan covers 166.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bara Dawan falls under Baramkela tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bara Dawan is Raigarh, about 44 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 - 10 km distance for Bara Dawan.

Bara Dawan is about 4.8 km from Baramkela in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bara Dawan is in Baramkela tehsil of Raigarh district. Baramkela is about 4.8 km away. Saraipali is about 34 km away. Raigarh is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.