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About Kalwar Village

Kalwar is a small village in Manpur tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 264, made up of 128 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493992, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalwar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Manpur
Pincode 493992
Area (hectares) 224.24 hectares
Population 264
Male Population 128
Female Population 136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,062
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalwar compares

By the 2011 count Kalwar is the 107th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 528 residents. Its 224.24 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Kalwar

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

Kalwar lies about 100 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bhanupratappur, about 37 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 Kalwar
Tehsil headquarters Manpur 14 km
Nearest railway station Bhanupratappur 37 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 54 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 100 km

Villages closest to Kalwar

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 Kalwar

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalwar village had a population of 264. That makes it the 107th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 528 residents.

Kalwar village has 128 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalwar has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Kalwar is 493992. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalwar covers 224.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kalwar falls under Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kalwar is Bhanupratappur, about 37 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 Kalwar.

Kalwar is about 100 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalwar is in Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Manpur is about 14 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 37 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Borkanhar (2.0 km), Munjal (3.7 km) and Dorde (3.9 km).

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

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