About Charowa Village

Charowa is a mid sized village in Gaya Town C D Block tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,398, made up of 720 males and 678 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 326 hectares hectares.

Charowa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Charowa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Gaya Town C D Block
Area (hectares)	326 hectares
Population	1,398
Male Population	720
Female Population	678
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Charowa compares

By the 2011 count Charowa is the 47th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,049 residents. Its 326 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Charowa

Charowa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Charowa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Charowa from other places

Charowa lies about 8.7 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Kastha, about 7.7 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 Charowa
Nearest town	Bodh Gaya	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Kastha	7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gaya Town C D Block	8.7 km
District headquarters	Gaya	8.7 km

Villages closest to Charowa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gaya Town C D Block 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 Charowa

As per the Census of India 2011, Charowa village had a population of 1,398. That makes it the 47th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,049 residents.

Charowa village has 720 males and 678 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Charowa has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 943.

Charowa covers 326 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Charowa falls under Gaya Town C D Block tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Charowa is Kastha, about 7.7 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Charowa.

Charowa is about 8.7 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Charowa is in Gaya Town C D Block tehsil of Gaya district. Bodh Gaya is about 5.9 km away. Kastha is about 7.7 km away. Gaya Town C D Block is about 8.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.