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About Kewal Village

Kewal is a small village in Chauparan tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 86, made up of 46 males and 40 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825406, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kewal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kewal village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Chauparan
Pincode 825406
Area (hectares) 94.11 hectares
Population 86
Male Population 46
Female Population 40
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 870
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kewal compares

By the 2011 count Kewal is the 191st largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 658 residents. Its 94.11 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Kewal

Kewal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kewal as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Kewal from other places

Kewal lies about 65 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Gurpa, 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 Kewal
Nearest railway station Gurpa under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Chauparan 21 km
Nearest town Rajauli 22 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 65 km

Villages closest to Kewal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kewal village had a population of 86. That makes it the 191st largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 658 residents.

Kewal village has 46 males and 40 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kewal has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1035.

The pincode recorded for Kewal is 825406. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kewal covers 94.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kewal falls under Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kewal is Gurpa, 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kewal.

Kewal is about 65 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kewal is in Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Gurpa is about under 2 km away. Chauparan is about 21 km away. Rajauli is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sahjadih (5.7 km), Parsatari (6.7 km) and Duari (7.3 km).

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

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