About Sawai Village

Sawai is a mid sized village in Gumia tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,107, made up of 558 males and 549 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 504.64 hectares hectares.

Sawai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sawai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Gumia
Area (hectares)	504.64 hectares
Population	1,107
Male Population	558
Female Population	549
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sawai compares

By the 2011 count Sawai is the 48th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents. Its 504.64 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Sawai

Sawai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sawai as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Sawai from other places

Sawai lies about 44 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Dumri Bihar, about 4.8 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 Sawai
Nearest railway station	Dumri Bihar	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gumia	8.6 km
District headquarters	Bokaro	44 km

Villages closest to Sawai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sawai village had a population of 1,107. That makes it the 48th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents.

Sawai village has 558 males and 549 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sawai has about 984 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 985.

Sawai covers 504.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sawai falls under Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sawai is Dumri Bihar, about 4.8 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sawai.

Sawai is about 44 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sawai is in Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district. Dumri Bihar is about 4.8 km away. Gumia is about 8.6 km away. Bokaro is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.