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About Korwan Village

Korwan 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 1,703, made up of 889 males and 814 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 86 hectares hectares.

Korwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korwan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gaya
Tehsil Gaya Town C D Block
Area (hectares) 86 hectares
Population 1,703
Male Population 889
Female Population 814
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 916
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Korwan compares

By the 2011 count Korwan is the 38th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,049 residents. Its 86 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Korwan

Korwan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Korwan as Available within 5 - 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Korwan from other places

Korwan lies about 6.7 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Chakand Railway Station, about 4.5 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 Korwan
Nearest railway station Chakand Railway Station 4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Gaya Town C D Block 6.7 km
District headquarters Gaya 6.7 km

Villages closest to Korwan

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.

Common questions about Korwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Korwan village had a population of 1,703. That makes it the 38th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,049 residents.

Korwan village has 889 males and 814 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korwan has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

Korwan covers 86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Korwan is Chakand Railway Station, about 4.5 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 <5 km distance for Korwan.

Korwan is about 6.7 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korwan is in Gaya Town C D Block tehsil of Gaya district. Chakand Railway Station is about 4.5 km away. Gaya Town C D Block is about 6.7 km away. Gaya is about 6.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhattu Badh (under 2 km), Balna (under 2 km) and Channa (under 2 km).

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

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