About Kawalu Village

Kawalu is a mid sized village in Barkatha tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 562, made up of 269 males and 293 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,089 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kawalu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kawalu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Barkatha
Pincode	825323
Area (hectares)	132 hectares
Population	562
Male Population	269
Female Population	293
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,089
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 Kawalu compares

By the 2011 count Kawalu is the 49th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents. Its 132 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Kawalu

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

Kawalu lies about 29 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Sarmatanr, about 22 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 Kawalu
Nearest railway station	Sarmatanr	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barkatha	29 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	29 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	29 km

Villages closest to Kawalu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kawalu village had a population of 562. That makes it the 49th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents.

Kawalu village has 269 males and 293 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kawalu has about 1089 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Kawalu is 825323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kawalu covers 132 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kawalu falls under Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kawalu is Sarmatanr, about 22 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 Kawalu.

Kawalu is about 29 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kawalu is in Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Sarmatanr is about 22 km away. Barkatha is about 29 km away. Hazaribagh is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.