About Pawai Village

Pawai is a mid sized village in Chauparan tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 861, made up of 479 males and 382 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 797 females per 1000 males. The village covers 126 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825606, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pawai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pawai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Chauparan
Pincode	825606
Area (hectares)	126 hectares
Population	861
Male Population	479
Female Population	382
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	797
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pawai compares

By the 2011 count Pawai is the 61st largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 658 residents. Its 126 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Pawai

Pawai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Pawai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Pawai from other places

Pawai lies about 40 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Barhi, about 11 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 Pawai
Tehsil headquarters	Chauparan	7.7 km
Nearest railway station	Barhi	11 km
Nearest town	Jhumri Telaiya	23 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	40 km

Villages closest to Pawai

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.

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Common questions about Pawai

As per the Census of India 2011, Pawai village had a population of 861. That makes it the 61st largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 658 residents.

Pawai village has 479 males and 382 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pawai has about 797 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 Pawai is 825606. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pawai covers 126 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Pawai falls under Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Pawai is Barhi, about 11 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Pawai.

Pawai is about 40 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pawai is in Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Chauparan is about 7.7 km away. Barhi is about 11 km away. Jhumri Telaiya is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.