About Karchuwa Village

Karchuwa is a large village in Bemetara tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,079, made up of 985 males and 1,094 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,111 females per 1000 males. The village covers 823.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karchuwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karchuwa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Bemetara
Pincode	491335
Area (hectares)	823.3 hectares
Population	2,079
Male Population	985
Female Population	1,094
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,111
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karchuwa compares

By the 2011 count Karchuwa is the 11th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents. Its 823.3 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Karchuwa

Karchuwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karchuwa as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Karchuwa from other places

Karchuwa lies about 73 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 28 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 Karchuwa
Tehsil headquarters	Bemetara	10 km
Nearest town	Bemetāra	10 km
Nearest railway station	Hathbandh	28 km
District headquarters	Durg	73 km

Villages closest to Karchuwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karchuwa village had a population of 2,079. That makes it the 11th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents.

Karchuwa village has 985 males and 1,094 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karchuwa has about 1111 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Karchuwa is 491335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karchuwa covers 823.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karchuwa falls under Bemetara tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karchuwa is Hathbandh, about 28 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Karchuwa.

Karchuwa is about 73 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karchuwa is in Bemetara tehsil of Durg district. Bemetara is about 10 km away. Bemetāra is about 10 km away. Hathbandh is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.