About Wala Village

Wala is a small village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 417, made up of 210 males and 207 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 722.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Wala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wala village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Pakhanjur
Pincode	494661
Area (hectares)	722.94 hectares
Population	417
Male Population	210
Female Population	207
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	986
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Wala compares

By the 2011 count Wala is the 145th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 722.94 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Wala

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

Wala lies about 46 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, 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 Wala
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pakhanjur	29 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	46 km
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	47 km

Villages closest to Wala

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.

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Common questions about Wala

As per the Census of India 2011, Wala village had a population of 417. That makes it the 145th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Wala village has 210 males and 207 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wala has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Wala is 494661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Wala covers 722.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Wala is Antagarh, 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 10+ km distance for Wala.

Wala is about 46 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.

Wala is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Antagarh is about 28 km away. Pakhanjur is about 29 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.