About Bihawa Village

Bihawa is a mid sized village in Narharpur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 591, made up of 293 males and 298 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 509.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bihawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bihawa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Narharpur
Pincode	494335
Area (hectares)	509.64 hectares
Population	591
Male Population	293
Female Population	298
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bihawa compares

By the 2011 count Bihawa is the 81st largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 509.64 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, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1050.

Getting to Bihawa

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

Bihawa lies about 58 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, about 54 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 Bihawa
Tehsil headquarters	Narharpur	26 km
Nearest town	Kānker	31 km
Nearest railway station	Dhamtari	54 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	58 km

Villages closest to Bihawa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bihawa village had a population of 591. That makes it the 81st largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Bihawa village has 293 males and 298 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bihawa has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1050.

The pincode recorded for Bihawa is 494335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bihawa covers 509.64 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.

Bihawa falls under Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bihawa is Dhamtari, about 54 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 Bihawa.

Bihawa is about 58 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.

Bihawa is in Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Narharpur is about 26 km away. Kānker is about 31 km away. Dhamtari is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.