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About Dewara Village

Dewara is a small village in Sakaldiha tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 68, made up of 37 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27.13 hectares hectares.

Dewara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dewara village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chandauli
Tehsil Sakaldiha
Area (hectares) 27.13 hectares
Population 68
Male Population 37
Female Population 31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 838
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Dewara compares

By the 2011 count Dewara is the 413th largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents. Its 27.13 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 929.

Getting to Dewara

Dewara 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 Dewara as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dewara from other places

Dewara lies about 28 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Varanasi City, about under 2 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 Dewara
Nearest railway station Varanasi City under 2 km
Nearest town Varanasi 2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Sakaldiha 26 km
District headquarters Chandauli 28 km

Villages closest to Dewara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dewara village had a population of 68. That makes it the 413th largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents.

Dewara village has 37 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dewara has about 838 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Dewara covers 27.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dewara falls under Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dewara is Varanasi City, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Dewara.

Dewara is about 28 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dewara is in Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district. Varanasi City is about under 2 km away. Varanasi is about 2.6 km away. Sakaldiha is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baruada Khalsa (under 2 km), Math Ucharhhal Giri (under 2 km) and Bhadau (2.2 km).

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

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