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About Alawarkalan Village

Alawarkalan is a small village in Bhanupratappur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 208, made up of 104 males and 104 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 246.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494669, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alawarkalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alawarkalan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Bhanupratappur
Pincode 494669
Area (hectares) 246.26 hectares
Population 208
Male Population 104
Female Population 104
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Alawarkalan compares

By the 2011 count Alawarkalan is the 103rd largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 787 residents. Its 246.26 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1044.

Getting to Alawarkalan

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

Alawarkalan lies about 17 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 5.0 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 Alawarkalan
Nearest railway station Keoti 5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhanupratappur 14 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 17 km
Nearest town Kānker 43 km

Villages closest to Alawarkalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alawarkalan village had a population of 208. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 787 residents.

Alawarkalan village has 104 males and 104 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alawarkalan has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1044.

The pincode recorded for Alawarkalan is 494669. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alawarkalan covers 246.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alawarkalan falls under Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Alawarkalan is Keoti, about 5.0 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 Alawarkalan.

Alawarkalan is about 17 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alawarkalan is in Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Keoti is about 5.0 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 14 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanakpur (under 2 km), Alawarkhurd (under 2 km) and Pandripani (2.3 km).

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

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