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About Baweli Village

Baweli is a small village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 209, made up of 93 males and 116 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,247 females per 1000 males. The village covers 201.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491559, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baweli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baweli village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Pakhanjur
Pincode 491559
Area (hectares) 201.02 hectares
Population 209
Male Population 93
Female Population 116
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,247
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Baweli compares

By the 2011 count Baweli is the 227th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 201.02 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Baweli

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

Baweli lies about 73 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 57 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 Baweli
Tehsil headquarters Pakhanjur 5.7 km
Nearest railway station Keoti 57 km
Nearest town Garhchiroli 61 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 73 km

Villages closest to Baweli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baweli village had a population of 209. That makes it the 227th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Baweli village has 93 males and 116 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baweli has about 1247 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Baweli is 491559. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baweli covers 201.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Baweli falls under Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Baweli is Keoti, about 57 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 Baweli.

Baweli is about 73 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.

Baweli is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 5.7 km away. Keoti is about 57 km away. Garhchiroli is about 61 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baikunthpur (under 2 km), Mayapur (2.5 km) and Nawanareki (3.3 km).

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

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