About Duwa Village

Duwa is a mid sized village in Durgkondal tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 525, made up of 260 males and 265 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 631.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493195, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Duwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Duwa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Durgkondal
Pincode	493195
Area (hectares)	631.78 hectares
Population	525
Male Population	260
Female Population	265
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Duwa compares

By the 2011 count Duwa is the 45th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 431 residents. Its 631.78 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Duwa

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

Duwa lies about 28 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Bhanupratappur, about 11 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 Duwa
Nearest railway station	Bhanupratappur	11 km
Nearest town	Dalli Rājhara	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Durgkondal	28 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	28 km

Villages closest to Duwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Duwa village had a population of 525. That makes it the 45th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 431 residents.

Duwa village has 260 males and 265 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Duwa has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Duwa is 493195. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Duwa covers 631.78 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.

Duwa falls under Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Duwa is Bhanupratappur, about 11 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 Duwa.

Duwa is about 28 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.

Duwa is in Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Bhanupratappur is about 11 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 27 km away. Durgkondal is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.