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About Sawaleshwar Village

Sawaleshwar is a large village in Umarkhed tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,081, made up of 1,076 males and 1,005 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 918.84 hectares hectares.

Sawaleshwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sawaleshwar village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Yavatmal
Tehsil Umarkhed
Area (hectares) 918.84 hectares
Population 2,081
Male Population 1,076
Female Population 1,005
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 5 - 10 km distance

How Sawaleshwar compares

By the 2011 count Sawaleshwar is the 31st largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,695 residents. Its 918.84 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 967.

Getting to Sawaleshwar

Sawaleshwar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sawaleshwar 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sawaleshwar from other places

Sawaleshwar lies about 100 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Himayatnagar, about 12 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 Sawaleshwar
Nearest railway station Himayatnagar 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Umarkhed 22 km
District headquarters Yavatmal 100 km

Villages closest to Sawaleshwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sawaleshwar village had a population of 2,081. That makes it the 31st largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,695 residents.

Sawaleshwar village has 1,076 males and 1,005 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sawaleshwar has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

Sawaleshwar covers 918.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sawaleshwar falls under Umarkhed tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sawaleshwar is Himayatnagar, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Sawaleshwar is about 100 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sawaleshwar is in Umarkhed tehsil of Yavatmal district. Himayatnagar is about 12 km away. Umarkhed is about 22 km away. Yavatmal is about 100 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kawtha (under 2 km), Karanji (3.1 km) and Ekamba (3.4 km).

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

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