About Karwa Village

Karwa is a large village in Arrah tehsil, in the district of Bhojpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,841, made up of 1,496 males and 1,345 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106 hectares hectares.

Karwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhojpur
Tehsil	Arrah
Area (hectares)	106 hectares
Population	2,841
Male Population	1,496
Female Population	1,345
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Karwa compares

By the 2011 count Karwa is the 22nd largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,232 residents. Its 106 hectares work out to about 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 896.

Getting to Karwa

Karwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karwa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karwa from other places

Karwa lies about 34 km from Bhojpur, and the nearest railway station is Hatwar, about 8.0 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 Karwa
Nearest railway station	Hatwar	8.0 km
Nearest town	Kishanganj	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arrah	34 km
District headquarters	Bhojpur	34 km

Villages closest to Karwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karwa village had a population of 2,841. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,232 residents.

Karwa village has 1,496 males and 1,345 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karwa has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 896.

Karwa covers 106 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Karwa falls under Arrah tehsil of Bhojpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karwa is Hatwar, about 8.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karwa.

Karwa is about 34 km from Bhojpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karwa is in Arrah tehsil of Bhojpur district. Hatwar is about 8.0 km away. Kishanganj is about 14 km away. Arrah is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.