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About Arwat Village

Arwat is a mid sized village in Chandrapur tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 801, made up of 402 males and 399 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 993 females per 1000 males. The village covers 355.99 hectares hectares.

Arwat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Arwat village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Chandrapur
Tehsil Chandrapur
Area (hectares) 355.99 hectares
Population 801
Male Population 402
Female Population 399
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 993
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Arwat compares

By the 2011 count Arwat is the 41st largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 965 residents. Its 355.99 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Arwat

Arwat is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Arwat 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Arwat from other places

Arwat lies about 3.7 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Babupeth, about 2.7 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 Arwat
Nearest railway station Babupeth 2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Chandrapur 3.7 km
Nearest town Chānda 3.7 km

Villages closest to Arwat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Arwat village had a population of 801. That makes it the 41st largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 965 residents.

Arwat village has 402 males and 399 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Arwat has about 993 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 933.

Arwat covers 355.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Arwat falls under Chandrapur tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Arwat is Babupeth, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Arwat.

Arwat is about 3.7 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Arwat is in Chandrapur tehsil of Chandrapur district. Babupeth is about 2.7 km away. Chandrapur is about 3.7 km away. Chānda is about 3.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hingnala (1.7 km), Chorala (3.1 km) and Chandsurla (3.7 km).

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

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