About Dewai Village

Dewai is a mid sized village in Pombhurna tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 913, made up of 482 males and 431 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 318.96 hectares hectares.

Dewai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dewai village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Chandrapur
Tehsil	Pombhurna
Area (hectares)	318.96 hectares
Population	913
Male Population	482
Female Population	431
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dewai compares

By the 2011 count Dewai is the 20th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 876 residents. Its 318.96 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Dewai

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

Dewai lies about 33 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Kelzar, about 17 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 Dewai
Nearest railway station	Kelzar	17 km
Nearest town	Rājūra	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pombhurna	33 km
District headquarters	Chandrapur	33 km

Villages closest to Dewai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dewai village had a population of 913. That makes it the 20th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 876 residents.

Dewai village has 482 males and 431 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dewai has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Dewai covers 318.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dewai falls under Pombhurna tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Dewai is Kelzar, about 17 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 Dewai.

Dewai is about 33 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dewai is in Pombhurna tehsil of Chandrapur district. Kelzar is about 17 km away. Rājūra is about 24 km away. Pombhurna is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.