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About Kuwa Kalan Village

Kuwa Kalan is a mid sized village in Chunar tehsil, in the district of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,236, made up of 672 males and 564 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 839 females per 1000 males. The village covers 338.75 hectares hectares.

Kuwa Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kuwa Kalan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mirzapur
Tehsil Chunar
Area (hectares) 338.75 hectares
Population 1,236
Male Population 672
Female Population 564
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 839
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kuwa Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Kuwa Kalan is the 188th largest of the 510 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,217 residents. Its 338.75 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 927.

Getting to Kuwa Kalan

The census records public bus service for Kuwa Kalan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Kuwa Kalan from other places

Kuwa Kalan lies about 29 km from Mirzapur, and the nearest railway station is Saktesgarh, about 1.5 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 Kuwa Kalan
Nearest railway station Saktesgarh 1.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Chunar 15 km
Nearest town Chunār 15 km
District headquarters Mirzapur 29 km

Villages closest to Kuwa Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chunar 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 Kuwa Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Kuwa Kalan village had a population of 1,236. That makes it the 188th largest of the 510 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,217 residents.

Kuwa Kalan village has 672 males and 564 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kuwa Kalan has about 839 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Kuwa Kalan covers 338.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kuwa Kalan falls under Chunar tehsil of Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kuwa Kalan is Saktesgarh, about 1.5 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Kuwa Kalan.

Kuwa Kalan is about 29 km from Mirzapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kuwa Kalan is in Chunar tehsil of Mirzapur district. Saktesgarh is about 1.5 km away. Chunar is about 15 km away. Chunār is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kuwa Khurd (under 2 km), Khothilawa (2.0 km) and Tendua Kalan (2.2 km).

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

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