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About Bhawasa Village

Bhawasa is a mid sized village in Manpur tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,224, made up of 612 males and 612 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 626.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhawasa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhawasa village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Manpur
Pincode 491229
Area (hectares) 626.76 hectares
Population 1,224
Male Population 612
Female Population 612
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhawasa compares

By the 2011 count Bhawasa is the 13th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 528 residents. Its 626.76 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1025.

Getting to Bhawasa

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

Bhawasa lies about 75 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Gudum, about 30 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 Bhawasa
Tehsil headquarters Manpur 12 km
Nearest railway station Gudum 30 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 32 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 75 km

Villages closest to Bhawasa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhawasa village had a population of 1,224. That makes it the 13th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 528 residents.

Bhawasa village has 612 males and 612 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhawasa has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Bhawasa is 491229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhawasa covers 626.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bhawasa falls under Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bhawasa is Gudum, about 30 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 Bhawasa.

Bhawasa is about 75 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhawasa is in Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Manpur is about 12 km away. Gudum is about 30 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chawela (under 2 km), Dhodhari (2.5 km) and Koral Dand (2.7 km).

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

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