About Kewalia Village

Kewalia is a small village in Pratappur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 492, made up of 256 males and 236 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kewalia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kewalia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Pratappur
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	162 hectares
Population	492
Male Population	256
Female Population	236
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
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 Kewalia compares

By the 2011 count Kewalia is the 83rd largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 717 residents. Its 162 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Kewalia

Kewalia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kewalia 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 Kewalia from other places

Kewalia lies about 118 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about under 2 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 Kewalia
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	under 2 km
Nearest town	Garhwa	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pratappur	34 km
District headquarters	Chatra	118 km

Villages closest to Kewalia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kewalia village had a population of 492. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 717 residents.

Kewalia village has 256 males and 236 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kewalia has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Kewalia is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kewalia covers 162 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kewalia falls under Pratappur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kewalia is Meralgram, about under 2 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 Kewalia.

Kewalia is about 118 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kewalia is in Pratappur tehsil of Chatra district. Meralgram is about under 2 km away. Garhwa is about 11 km away. Pratappur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.