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About Kadwal Village

Kadwal is a mid sized village in Kukshi tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,576, made up of 776 males and 800 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 913.26 hectares hectares.

Kadwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kadwal village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Kukshi
Area (hectares) 913.26 hectares
Population 1,576
Male Population 776
Female Population 800
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,031
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kadwal compares

By the 2011 count Kadwal is the 66th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents. Its 913.26 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Kadwal

Kadwal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kadwal as Available within 5 - 10 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 Kadwal from other places

Kadwal lies about 78 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Jobat, about 16 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 Kadwal
Tehsil headquarters Kukshi 16 km
Nearest railway station Jobat 16 km
District headquarters Dhar 78 km

Villages closest to Kadwal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kadwal village had a population of 1,576. That makes it the 66th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents.

Kadwal village has 776 males and 800 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kadwal has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 999.

Kadwal covers 913.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kadwal falls under Kukshi tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kadwal is Jobat, about 16 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 village for Kadwal.

Kadwal is about 78 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kadwal is in Kukshi tehsil of Dhar district. Kukshi is about 16 km away. Jobat is about 16 km away. Dhar is about 78 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kadmal (under 2 km), Dholya (3.5 km) and Haldi (4.0 km).

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

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