About Chawad Village

Chawad 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 1,334, made up of 655 males and 679 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 498.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chawad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chawad village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Narharpur
Pincode	494334
Area (hectares)	498.08 hectares
Population	1,334
Male Population	655
Female Population	679
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,037
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chawad compares

By the 2011 count Chawad is the 22nd largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 498.08 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1050.

Getting to Chawad

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

Chawad lies about 34 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, about 38 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 Chawad
Nearest town	Kānker	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Narharpur	12 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	34 km
Nearest railway station	Dhamtari	38 km

Villages closest to Chawad

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 Chawad

As per the Census of India 2011, Chawad village had a population of 1,334. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Chawad village has 655 males and 679 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chawad has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1050.

The pincode recorded for Chawad is 494334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chawad covers 498.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chawad is Dhamtari, about 38 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 Chawad.

Chawad is about 34 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.

Chawad is in Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kānker is about 12 km away. Narharpur is about 12 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.