About Alwai Village

Alwai is a large village in Bhalki tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,796, made up of 1,963 males and 1,833 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1613 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585416, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alwai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alwai village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bidar
Tehsil	Bhalki
Pincode	585416
Area (hectares)	1613 hectares
Population	3,796
Male Population	1,963
Female Population	1,833
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alwai compares

By the 2011 count Alwai is the 11th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents. Its 1613 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 962.

Getting to Alwai

Alwai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Alwai as Available within village. 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 Alwai from other places

Alwai lies about 65 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Kamalnagar, about 24 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 Alwai
Nearest town	Nilanga	23 km
Nearest railway station	Kamalnagar	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhalki	29 km
District headquarters	Bidar	65 km

Villages closest to Alwai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alwai village had a population of 3,796. That makes it the 11th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents.

Alwai village has 1,963 males and 1,833 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alwai has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Alwai is 585416. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alwai covers 1613 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alwai falls under Bhalki tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Alwai is Kamalnagar, about 24 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Alwai.

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

Alwai is in Bhalki tehsil of Bidar district. Nilanga is about 23 km away. Kamalnagar is about 24 km away. Bhalki is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.