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About Telawat Village

Telawat is a mid sized village in Kanker tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,366, made up of 684 males and 682 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 997 females per 1000 males. The village covers 590.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494670, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Telawat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Telawat village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Kanker
Pincode 494670
Area (hectares) 590.26 hectares
Population 1,366
Male Population 684
Female Population 682
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 997
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Telawat compares

By the 2011 count Telawat is the 20th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 590.26 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Telawat

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

Telawat lies about 12 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 28 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 Telawat
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Kanker 15 km
Nearest town Kānker 15 km
Nearest railway station Keoti 28 km

Villages closest to Telawat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Telawat village had a population of 1,366. That makes it the 20th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Telawat village has 684 males and 682 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Telawat has about 997 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Telawat is 494670. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Telawat covers 590.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Telawat falls under Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Telawat is Keoti, about 28 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 Telawat.

Telawat is about 12 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.

Telawat is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 12 km away. Kanker is about 15 km away. Kānker is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Albeda (1.6 km), Barchegondi (1.6 km) and Dhanelikanhar (2.7 km).

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

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